refactor: Remove unused CC_TOOLCHAIN definition (bazel-contrib#2981)

katre · web-flow · commit f2fa07a56f57 · 2025-06-13T16:31:51.000Z
Fixes bazel-contrib#2979. The definition appears unused and helps advance the goal of entirely removing current_cc_toolchain: see bazelbuild/bazel#26282.
diff --git a/python/private/attributes.bzl b/python/private/attributes.bzl
@@ -156,12 +156,6 @@ def copy_common_test_kwargs(kwargs):
         if key in kwargs
     }
 
-CC_TOOLCHAIN = {
-    # NOTE: The `cc_helper.find_cpp_toolchain()` function expects the attribute
-    # name to be this name.
-    "_cc_toolchain": attr.label(default = "@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:current_cc_toolchain"),
-}
-
 # The common "data" attribute definition.
 DATA_ATTRS = {
     # NOTE: The "flags" attribute is deprecated, but there isn't an alternative
