ejb-module

Can i never reference any external 3rd party jar in my independent ejb module?

Hello, Can we never refer any external 3rd party jar in independent ejb module (except copying the jar file in our appserver/lib)? This seems so illogical doesn't it? I don't want to create a Enterprise application. Why am i being forced to create an Enterprise application if i have to use any jar files? Are there no alternatives avail...