diff --git a/weld/subsystem/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/weld/deployment/processors/EarApplicationScopedObserverMethodProcessor.java b/weld/subsystem/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/weld/deployment/processors/EarApplicationScopedObserverMethodProcessor.java
index 57407d7f76..6fc4045931 100644
--- a/weld/subsystem/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/weld/deployment/processors/EarApplicationScopedObserverMethodProcessor.java
+++ b/weld/subsystem/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/weld/deployment/processors/EarApplicationScopedObserverMethodProcessor.java
@@ -22,19 +22,20 @@

 package org.jboss.as.weld.deployment.processors;

+import org.jboss.as.controller.capability.CapabilityServiceSupport;
 import org.jboss.as.ee.structure.DeploymentType;
 import org.jboss.as.ee.structure.DeploymentTypeMarker;
-import org.jboss.as.ee.weld.WeldDeploymentMarker;
+
 import org.jboss.as.server.deployment.Attachments;
 import org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentPhaseContext;
 import org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnit;
 import org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitProcessingException;
 import org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitProcessor;
 import org.jboss.as.server.deployment.SetupAction;
+import org.jboss.as.weld.WeldCapability;
 import org.jboss.as.weld.deployment.BeanDeploymentArchiveImpl;
 import org.jboss.as.weld.deployment.BeanDeploymentModule;
 import org.jboss.as.weld.deployment.WeldAttachments;
-import org.jboss.as.weld.deployment.WeldPortableExtensions;
 import org.jboss.as.weld.logging.WeldLogger;

 import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;

+import static org.jboss.as.weld.Capabilities.WELD_CAPABILITY_NAME;
+
 /**
  * Processor that registers a CDI portable extension for EAR deployments, which adds support for EE facilities, to CDI app context lifecycle event handlers.
  *
@@ -62,8 +65,16 @@ public class EarApplicationScopedObserverMethodProcessor implements DeploymentUn
     @Override
     public void deploy(DeploymentPhaseContext phaseContext) throws DeploymentUnitProcessingException {
         final DeploymentUnit deploymentUnit = phaseContext.getDeploymentUnit();
-        if (DeploymentTypeMarker.isType(DeploymentType.EAR, deploymentUnit) && WeldDeploymentMarker.isPartOfWeldDeployment(deploymentUnit)) {
-            WeldPortableExtensions.getPortableExtensions(deploymentUnit).registerExtensionInstance(new PortableExtension(deploymentUnit), deploymentUnit);
+        if (!DeploymentTypeMarker.isType(DeploymentType.EAR, deploymentUnit)) {
+            // ear deployment only processor
+            return;
+        }
+        final CapabilityServiceSupport support = deploymentUnit.getAttachment(Attachments.CAPABILITY_SERVICE_SUPPORT);
+        if (support.hasCapability(WELD_CAPABILITY_NAME)) {
+            final WeldCapability api = support.getOptionalCapabilityRuntimeAPI(WELD_CAPABILITY_NAME, WeldCapability.class).get();
+            if (api.isPartOfWeldDeployment(deploymentUnit)) {
+                api.registerExtensionInstance(new PortableExtension(deploymentUnit), deploymentUnit);
+            }
         }
     }