diff --git a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/wildfly/maven/goal/EarGoal.java b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/wildfly/maven/goal/EarGoal.java
index 1726a9b..dbac265 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/wildfly/maven/goal/EarGoal.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/wildfly/maven/goal/EarGoal.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import com.inteligr8.wildfly.maven.xml.DeploymentXmlBuilder;
 public class EarGoal extends AbstractDeploymentGoal {
     
     private DeploymentXmlBuilder deploymentXmlBuilder;
-    private File libDirectory;
     
     @Override
     protected void executePre() throws MojoExecutionException {
@@ -53,8 +52,6 @@ public class EarGoal extends AbstractDeploymentGoal {
         } catch (ParserConfigurationException pce) {
             throw new MojoExecutionException("This should never happen", pce);
         }
-        
-        this.libDirectory = this.validateAndInitializeDirectory("lib");
     }
     
     @Override
@@ -67,7 +64,7 @@ public class EarGoal extends AbstractDeploymentGoal {
     @Override
     protected void handleDependency(Dependency dependency) throws MojoExecutionException {
         try {
-            FileUtils.copyFileToDirectory(dependency.getArtifact().getFile(), this.libDirectory);
+            FileUtils.copyFileToDirectory(dependency.getArtifact().getFile(), this.outputDirectory);
         } catch (IOException ie) {
             throw new MojoExecutionException("An I/O related issue occurred", ie);
         }