The procedure outlined in our documentation will generate a bootable which will report the wrong EAP version.

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/7.4/html-single/using_jboss_eap_xp_4.0.0/index#proc_updating-eap-7-4-ga-dependency_default

This makes it impossible for users to use EAP patches.

(Edited as per first comment.)