I believe I may have came accross a post that said the default messages are controlled by the message.properties file. I believe it is the same way you controll JSF default error messages, by overriding. In your case, you would just leave it blank. like: org.jboss.seam.somethng= Do a search on the forum using "messages" as a keyword View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4092600#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...