https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/EJBTHREE-1611

I went ahead and committed these changes.

Another problem with the build - if I include the artifact using:

<dependency>
 <groupId>org.jboss.ejb3</groupId>
 <artifactId>jboss-ejb3-embedded</artifactId>
 <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Downloading: http://snapshots.jboss.org/maven2/org/jboss/microcontainer/jboss-kernel/2.0.0.GA/jboss-kernel-2.0.0.GA.jar
Downloading: http://snapshots.jboss.org/maven2/org/jboss/microcontainer/jboss-dependency/2.0.0.GA/jboss-dependency-2.0.0.GA.jar
Downloading: http://snapshots.jboss.org/maven2/org/jboss/deployers/jboss-deployers-vfs/2.0.0.CR5/jboss-deployers-vfs-2.0.0.CR5.jar
Downloading: http://snapshots.jboss.org/maven2/org/jboss/deployers/jboss-deployers-structure-spi/2.0.0.CR5/jboss-deployers-structure-spi-2.0.0.CR5.jar
Downloading: http://snapshots.jboss.org/maven2/org/jboss/deployers/jboss-deployers-core-spi/2.0.0.CR5/jboss-deployers-core-spi-2.0.0.CR5.jar
Downloading: http://snapshots.jboss.org/maven2/org/jboss/deployers/jboss-deployers-impl/2.0.0.CR5/jboss-deployers-impl-2.0.0.CR5.jar
Downloading: http://snapshots.jboss.org/maven2/org/jboss/metadata/jboss-metadata/1.0.0.CR1/jboss-metadata-1.0.0.CR1.jar
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Failed to resolve artifact.

Missing:
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1) org.jboss.microcontainer:jboss-kernel:jar:2.0.0.GA

 Try downloading the file manually from the project website.

 Then, install it using the command:
 mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.jboss.microcontainer -DartifactId=jboss-kernel -Dversion=2.0.0.GA -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file

 Alternatively, if you host your own repository you can deploy the file there:
 mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=org.jboss.microcontainer -DartifactId=jboss-kernel -Dversion=2.0.0.GA -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file -Durl=[url] -DrepositoryId=[id]

 Path to dependency:
 1) org.jboss.webbeans:webbeans-ri:jar:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 2) org.jboss.ejb3:jboss-ejb3-embedded:jar:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 3) org.jboss.microcontainer:jboss-kernel:jar:2.0.0.GA

2) org.jboss.microcontainer:jboss-dependency:jar:2.0.0.GA

 Try downloading the file manually from the project website.

 Then, install it using the command:
 mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.jboss.microcontainer -DartifactId=jboss-dependency -Dversion=2.0.0.GA -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file

 Alternatively, if you host your own repository you can deploy the file there:
 mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=org.jboss.microcontainer -DartifactId=jboss-dependency -Dversion=2.0.0.GA -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file -Durl=[url] -DrepositoryId=[id]

 Path to dependency:
 1) org.jboss.webbeans:webbeans-ri:jar:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 2) org.jboss.ejb3:jboss-ejb3-embedded:jar:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 3) org.jboss.microcontainer:jboss-dependency:jar:2.0.0.GA

3) org.jboss.deployers:jboss-deployers-vfs:jar:2.0.0.CR5

 Try downloading the file manually from the project website.

 Then, install it using the command:
 mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.jboss.deployers -DartifactId=jboss-deployers-vfs -Dversion=2.0.0.CR5 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file

 Alternatively, if you host your own repository you can deploy the file there:
 mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=org.jboss.deployers -DartifactId=jboss-deployers-vfs -Dversion=2.0.0.CR5 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file -Durl=[url] -DrepositoryId=[id]

 Path to dependency:
 1) org.jboss.webbeans:webbeans-ri:jar:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 2) org.jboss.ejb3:jboss-ejb3-embedded:jar:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 3) org.jboss.deployers:jboss-deployers-vfs:jar:2.0.0.CR5

4) org.jboss.deployers:jboss-deployers-structure-spi:jar:2.0.0.CR5

 Try downloading the file manually from the project website.

 Then, install it using the command:
 mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.jboss.deployers -DartifactId=jboss-deployers-structure-spi -Dversion=2.0.0.CR5 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file

 Alternatively, if you host your own repository you can deploy the file there:
 mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=org.jboss.deployers -DartifactId=jboss-deployers-structure-spi -Dversion=2.0.0.CR5 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file -Durl=[url] -DrepositoryId=[id]

 Path to dependency:
 1) org.jboss.webbeans:webbeans-ri:jar:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 2) org.jboss.ejb3:jboss-ejb3-embedded:jar:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 3) org.jboss.deployers:jboss-deployers-structure-spi:jar:2.0.0.CR5

5) org.jboss.deployers:jboss-deployers-core-spi:jar:2.0.0.CR5

 Try downloading the file manually from the project website.

 Then, install it using the command:
 mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.jboss.deployers -DartifactId=jboss-deployers-core-spi -Dversion=2.0.0.CR5 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file

 Alternatively, if you host your own repository you can deploy the file there:
 mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=org.jboss.deployers -DartifactId=jboss-deployers-core-spi -Dversion=2.0.0.CR5 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file -Durl=[url] -DrepositoryId=[id]

 Path to dependency:
 1) org.jboss.webbeans:webbeans-ri:jar:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 2) org.jboss.ejb3:jboss-ejb3-embedded:jar:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 3) org.jboss.deployers:jboss-deployers-core-spi:jar:2.0.0.CR5

6) org.jboss.deployers:jboss-deployers-impl:jar:2.0.0.CR5

 Try downloading the file manually from the project website.

 Then, install it using the command:
 mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.jboss.deployers -DartifactId=jboss-deployers-impl -Dversion=2.0.0.CR5 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file

 Alternatively, if you host your own repository you can deploy the file there:
 mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=org.jboss.deployers -DartifactId=jboss-deployers-impl -Dversion=2.0.0.CR5 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file -Durl=[url] -DrepositoryId=[id]

 Path to dependency:
 1) org.jboss.webbeans:webbeans-ri:jar:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 2) org.jboss.ejb3:jboss-ejb3-embedded:jar:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 3) org.jboss.deployers:jboss-deployers-impl:jar:2.0.0.CR5

7) org.jboss.metadata:jboss-metadata:jar:1.0.0.CR1

 Try downloading the file manually from the project website.

 Then, install it using the command:
 mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.jboss.metadata -DartifactId=jboss-metadata -Dversion=1.0.0.CR1 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file

 Alternatively, if you host your own repository you can deploy the file there:
 mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=org.jboss.metadata -DartifactId=jboss-metadata -Dversion=1.0.0.CR1 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file -Durl=[url] -DrepositoryId=[id]

 Path to dependency:
 1) org.jboss.webbeans:webbeans-ri:jar:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 2) org.jboss.ejb3:jboss-ejb3-embedded:jar:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 3) org.jboss.metadata:jboss-metadata:jar:1.0.0.CR1

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7 required artifacts are missing.

for artifact:
 org.jboss.webbeans:webbeans-ri:jar:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT

from the specified remote repositories:
 central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2),
 google-maven-repository (http://google-maven-repository.googlecode.com/svn/repository/),
 repository.jboss.org (http://repository.jboss.org/maven2),
 snapshots.jboss.org (http://snapshots.jboss.org/maven2)