We scan only the archives with a seam.properties or META-INF/components.xml file in them. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4065815#4065815 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4065815