IIRC you can't *alter* the scope of component annotated with @Scope from components.xml View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4107518#4107518 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4107518