You use @EJB for injecting EJBs, @In for injecting Seam components. They aren't interchangeable. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4006760#4006760 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4006760