"norman.richards(a)jboss.com" wrote : I could be mistaken, but I don't think the EJBDeployer actually has a real runtime dependence on jboss:service=WebService. Remove the depends tag on EJBDeployer in jboss-service.xml and you should be fine. here is the line in my jboss-service.xml jboss.ejb:service=EJBDeployer I wonder where do I remove the depends here if you can kindly point out to me. thanks View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4117703#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...