A dependency + an order is just introduces an implicit dependency on the components in the dependency tree with a lower order. The problem is defining the dependency tree as Adrian points out. We would need some alternate dependency scope notion that could be restricted to the current top-level deployment, as an example. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4008931#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...