"Element {http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee}web-app is not bound as a global element" when deploying application on JBoss

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Issue

When attempting to deploy an application on the server, I get the following exception
Deployment "vfszip:/path/to/jboss/server/default/deploy/myapp.war/" is in error due to the following reason(s): org.jboss.xb.binding.JBossXBRuntimeException: Element {http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee}web-app is not bound as a global element.

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 5.0

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