DefaultValidatorBean use provided BeanManager to check for the existence of ValidationServices, but look it up via Container.instance().getServices... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: WELD-844 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WELD-844 Project: Weld Issue Type: Bug Components: Built-in beans Affects Versions: 1.1.0.Final Reporter: Aslak Knutsen {code} public Validator call() throws Exception { if (getBeanManager().getServices().contains(ValidationServices.class)) { // This should probably be getBeanManager().getServices().get(ValidationServices.class)..... return Container.instance().services().get(ValidationServices.class).getDefaultValidatorFactory().getValidator(); } else { throw new IllegalStateException(VALIDATION_SERVICE_NOT_AVAILABLE); } } {code}