remove the check and lean on sbt

Author: david-zlai

distribution/build_and_upload_gcp_artifacts.sh

@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@ if [[ EXPECTED_MINIMUM_MINOR_PYTHON_VERSION -gt MINOR_PYTHON_VERSION ]] ; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Check for java 11 because gcp requires java 11
-MAJOR_JAVA_VERSION=$(javac --version | cut -d " " -f2 | cut -d "." -f 1)
-EXPECTED_JAVA_VERSION=11
-if [[ ! $MAJOR_JAVA_VERSION -eq $EXPECTED_JAVA_VERSION ]] ; then
-	    echo "Failed. Found java major version  $MAJOR_JAVA_VERSION. Expecting java version $EXPECTED_JAVA_VERSION."
-	    exit 1
-fi
 
 thrift --gen py -out api/py/ api/thrift/common.thrift
 thrift --gen py -out api/py/ api/thrift/api.thrift