no, for Seam 1.2, el-api.jar and el-ri.jar should be in the ear and referenced off the application.xml View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4044219#4044219 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4044219