Found it. It looks like it's the SerializableDeploymentRepository which does this: protected VFSDeployment removeApplication(String vfsPath) throws Exception | { | VFSDeployment vfsDeployment = getApplication(vfsPath); | VirtualFile root = vfsDeployment.getRoot(); | if(root.delete() == false) | throw new IOException("Failed to delete: " + root); | | return this.applicationCtxs.remove(vfsPath); | } Not sure why the application needs to be physically deleted. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4205840#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...