Configure resource selection to ignore HTTP Method

Hi,
I'm migrating CXF version used in my application from 2.2.12 to later version. I've found that one set of clients of the REST resources has been using POST requests to a resource that has @DELETE annotation and this was working in 2.2.12 but isn't when I migrate to later version.

Is there some configuration I can apply that will tell the CXF selection algorithm to ignore the HTTP Method type?

Thanks
Duncan