diff --git a/j2ee/plugin.jelly b/j2ee/plugin.jelly
index caa67b35..9e5a37b1 100644
--- a/j2ee/plugin.jelly
+++ b/j2ee/plugin.jelly
@@ -35,61 +35,4 @@
     </warvalidator>
   </goal>
 
-  <!-- ================================================================ -->
-  <!-- E A R                                                            -->
-  <!-- ================================================================ -->
-  <goal name="j2ee:ear"
-    description="Create an EAR file from the project">
-
-    <echo>Building EAR ${pom.artifactId}</echo>
-    <j:set var="warBuildDir"
-      value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-war-plugin').getVariable('maven.war.build.dir')}"/>
-
-    <mkdir dir="${warBuildDir}" />
-    <ear earfile="${warBuildDir}/${pom.artifactId}.ear"
-         appxml="${maven.j2ee.ear.appxml}">
-
-      <!-- include the actual project files -->
-      <fileset dir="${maven.build.dir}"
-               includes="${maven.j2ee.ear.includes}"
-               excludes="${maven.j2ee.ear.excludes}" />
-
-      <!-- include marked dependencies -->
-      <j:forEach var="dep" items="${pom.dependencies}">
-        <j:if test="${dep.getProperty('ear.bundle.jar')=='true'}">
-          <fileset dir="${maven.repo.local}/${dep.artifactDirectory}/jars/">
-            <include name="${dep.artifact}"/>
-          </fileset>
-        </j:if>
-      </j:forEach>
-
-      <!-- include license -->
-      <j:set var="licenseFileName"><license:fileName/></j:set>
-      <util:file name="${licenseFileName}" var="licenseFile"/>
-      <metainf dir="${licenseFile.canonicalFile.parent}">
-        <include name="${licenseFile.canonicalFile.name}"/>
-      </metainf>
-
-      <!-- standard manifest entries -->
-      <!-- fix me - classPath entries? -->
-      <manifest>
-        <attribute name="Built-By" value="${user.name}" />
-        <section name="${pom.package}">
-          <attribute name="Specification-Title" value="${pom.artifactId}" />
-          <attribute name="Specification-Version"
-                     value="${pom.currentVersion}" />
-          <attribute name="Specification-Vendor"
-                     value="${pom.organization.name}" />
-          <attribute name="Implementation-Title"
-                     value="${pom.package}" />
-          <attribute name="Implementation-Version"
-                     value="${pom.currentVersion}" />
-          <attribute name="Implementation-Vendor"
-                     value="${pom.organization.name}" />
-        </section>
-      </manifest>
-    </ear>
-
-  </goal>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/j2ee/project.xml b/j2ee/project.xml
index 7d732aaf..aeb7e863 100644
--- a/j2ee/project.xml
+++ b/j2ee/project.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@
         <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
       </properties>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <id>commons-logging</id>
+      <version>1.0.2</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <id>dom4j</id>
       <version>1.4-dev-7</version>