I found my problem. In web.xml I had | <context-param> | <param-name>javax.faces.CONFIG_FILES</param-name> | <param-value> | /WEB-INF/faces-config.xml | </param-value> | </context-param> | Since faces-config.xml is read by default, this meant that my faces-config.xml file was read twice. Once I changed this to | <context-param> | <param-name>javax.faces.CONFIG_FILES</param-name> | <param-value> | </param-value> | </context-param> | my problem went away. This configuration parameter is for extra configuration files and should not include the default faces-config.xml. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3978258#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...