Carlo, In 4.2 the ejb3 compile-classes target excludes a number of packages: org/jboss/ejb3/client/** org/jboss/ejb3/clientmodule/** org/jboss/ejb3/deployers/** org/jboss/ejb3/embedded/** I don't see any other target that compiles them, and without those compiled, the ejb3 testsuite won't compile. Brian Stansberry Lead, AS Clustering JBoss, a division of Red Hat Ph: 510-396-3864 skype: bstansberry