i can delete everything but the jars in \lib xxxx.war\WEB-INF\lib ==> seems to be the classloader that 'locks' the jars ? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4104724#4104724 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4104724