This does not directly answer your question, but why are you not using the "provided" scope. Example: <dependency> | <groupId>commons-logging</groupId> | <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId> | <version>1.1</version> | <scope>provided</scope> | </dependency> This way your WAR will not be filled with JARs that are already provided by JBossAS. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4179157#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...