I fell into this trap myself. You need to use javax.ejb.EJB not javax.annotation.EJB ... Thanks, Stephan View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3972828#3972828 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3972828