Injection of EJB3s using @EJB is not Seam, no. I suspect you will get a better informed response on the EJB3 forum. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4117858#4117858 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4117858