The HDScanner / ProfileService redeploy issue has been fixed in JBoss AS 6.0 Final. Remove the old stop/start of HDScanner in the JBoss 6.0 Remote Container.

New ProfileServiceClient API could be used to minimize the dep chain:

dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.jbossas</groupId>
<artifactId>jboss-as-profileservice-client</artifactId>
<version>6.0.0.Final</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>