Getting NoClassDefFoundError for JDK provided class XMLGregorianCalendarImpl in EAP 6.3.x after applying upgrade patch

Issue

• Getting the following NoClassDefFoundError for class com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/jaxp/datatype/XMLGregorianCalendarImpl in JBoss EAP 6.3.3 whereas in JBoss EAP 6.3.0 it works fine after adding <path name="com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/jaxp/datatype"/> to $JBOSS_HOME\modules\system\layers\base\sun\jdk\main\module.xml.

17:20:22,463 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-4) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.subunit."test.ear"."test.jar".POST_MODULE: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.subunit."test.ear"."test.jar".POST_MODULE: JBAS018733: Failed to process phase POST_MODULE of subdeployment "test.jar" of deployment "test.ear"
    at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:166) [jboss-as-server-7.4.3.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.4.3.Final-redhat-2]
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1980) [jboss-msc-1.1.5.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.5.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1913) [jboss-msc-1.1.5.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.5.Final-redhat-1]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_75]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_75]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.7.0_75]
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: JBAS018757: Error getting reflective information for class aaa.bbb.Test with ClassLoader ModuleClassLoader for Module "deployment.test.ear.test.jar:main" from Service Module Loader
    at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.reflect.DeploymentReflectionIndex.getClassIndex(DeploymentReflectionIndex.java:72) [jboss-as-server-7.4.3.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.4.3.Final-redhat-2]
    at org.jboss.as.ee.metadata.MethodAnnotationAggregator.runtimeAnnotationInformation(MethodAnnotationAggregator.java:58)
    at org.jboss.as.ee.component.deployers.InterceptorAnnotationProcessor.handleAnnotations(InterceptorAnnotationProcessor.java:107)
    at org.jboss.as.ee.component.deployers.InterceptorAnnotationProcessor.processComponentConfig(InterceptorAnnotationProcessor.java:92)
    at org.jboss.as.ee.component.deployers.InterceptorAnnotationProcessor.deploy(InterceptorAnnotationProcessor.java:77)
    at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:159) [jboss-as-server-7.4.3.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.4.3.Final-redhat-2]
    ... 5 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/jaxp/datatype/XMLGregorianCalendarImpl
    at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields0(Native Method) [rt.jar:1.7.0_75]
    at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredFields(Class.java:2499) [rt.jar:1.7.0_75]
    at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields(Class.java:1811) [rt.jar:1.7.0_75]
    at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.reflect.ClassReflectionIndex.<init>(ClassReflectionIndex.java:57) [jboss-as-server-7.4.3.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.4.3.Final-redhat-2]
    at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.reflect.DeploymentReflectionIndex.getClassIndex(DeploymentReflectionIndex.java:68) [jboss-as-server-7.4.3.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.4.3.Final-redhat-2]
    ... 10 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendarImpl from [Module "deployment.test.ear.test.jar:main" from Service Module Loader]
    at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:213) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.5.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:459) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.5.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassChecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:408) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.5.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:389) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.5.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:134) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.5.Final-redhat-1]
    ... 15 more