Post your bean code. I think the container allows an illegal construct. You can't use the same interface both as local and remote. So either: @Stateless | @Remote(MyStatelessRemote.class) | @Local(MyStatelessLocal.class) | public class MyStatelessBean or @Stateless | public class MyStatelessBean implements MyStatlessLocal, MyStatelessRemote | | @Remote | public interface MyStatelessRemote extends MyStateless | | @Local | public interface MyStatelessLocal extends MyStateless The proxy chosen for injection will depend on the interface used. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4069982#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...