There are two "types" deployers #1 generic #2 mc framework specific https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBOSGI-180 The generic deployers are used by the jboss-osgi-microcontainer bundle, the jbossas integration for felix/equinox and the mc framework. They are generic in a sense that they only have a dependency on the org.osgi API and not on any specific framework implementation. The specific mc framework deployers are an integral part of that framework. They have a dependency on implementation details and also need to be available to run the tests A possible structure that allows generic and specific deployers to move together would be | framework | +- core | +- deployers | +- testsuite | We may revisit this issue when the framework starts to fall into multiple modules anyway. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4261804#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...