dependencies and transitive runtime dependencies are packaged for a dependency that is scope=provided

Dependencies and transitive runtime scoped dependencies are packaged for a dependency that is scope=provided. According to maven documentation these should not be included in the package.

Here are the relevant parts of my pom.xml...
<project>
...
<build>
...
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>jboss-packaging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
<extensions>true</extensions>
</plugin>
...
</build>
<dependencies>
...
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.jbossas</groupId>
<artifactId>jboss-as-system</artifactId>
<version>5.0.0.GA</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
...
</dependencies>
</project>