How to delete a GBean from a web app packaged inside an EAR app?

[Vamsavardhana Reddy <c1...@gmail.com>]

I am trying to disable the "Users and Groups" portlet by stopping the
corresponding AdminConsoleExtensionGBean extension GBean.  I am able to stop
the GBean programatically using the following code:

        AbstractNameQuery query = new AbstractNameQuery("
org.apache.geronimo.pluto.AdminConsoleExtensionGBean");
        Set gbeans = kernel.listGBeans(query);
        for(Object obj: gbeans) {
            if(!obj.toString().endsWith("UsersGroups")) continue;
            try {
                kernel.stopGBean((AbstractName)obj);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

The gbean query is giving me an abstract name "org.apache.geronimo.plugins
/console-tomcat/2.1/car?J2EEApplication=org.apache.geronimo.plugins
/console-tomcat/2.1/car,WebModule=base-portlets.war,j2eeType=GBean,name=UsersGroups"
for this gbean.  However, adding <gbean load="false" > with this abstract
name under "org.apache.geronimo.plugins/console-tomcat/2.1/car" module in
config.xml does not seem to be stopping the gbean.
EditableKernelConfigurationManager.removeGBeanFromConfiguration() is
resulting in GBeanNotFoundException.  I am noticing that the GBean in
question is not directly in the EAR's configuration, but in one of the web
applications inside the EAR.  How to prevent loading of this gbean in this
case.