--- War.groovy.orig	2008-11-14 08:22:38.000000000 -0500
+++ War.groovy	2008-12-03 22:44:33.000000000 -0500
@@ -158,8 +158,10 @@
 		packageTemplates()
 
 		Ant.copy(todir:"${stagingDir}/WEB-INF/lib") {
-			fileset(dir:"${grailsHome}/dist") {
+			if(!config.grails.war.excludeGrails){
+				fileset(dir:"${grailsHome}/dist") {
 					include(name:"grails-*.jar")
+				}
 			}
 			fileset(dir:"${basedir}/lib") {
 					include(name:"*.jar")