Remove legacy Objc provider linking support

Linking is always done with CcInfo with bazel 7.x (LTS) and above

apple/internal/apple_framework_import.bzl

@@ -262,11 +262,6 @@ def _apple_dynamic_framework_import_impl(ctx):
         for dep in deps
         if apple_common.Objc in dep
     ]
-    objc_provider = framework_import_support.objc_provider_with_dependencies(
-        additional_objc_providers = transitive_objc_providers,
-        dynamic_framework_file = [] if ctx.attr.bundle_only else framework.binary_imports,
-    )
-    providers.append(objc_provider)
 
     # Create CcInfo provider.
     cc_info = framework_import_support.cc_info_with_dependencies(
@@ -294,7 +289,6 @@ def _apple_dynamic_framework_import_impl(ctx):
     framework_groups = _grouped_framework_files(framework_imports)
     framework_dirs_set = depset(framework_groups.keys())
     providers.append(framework_import_support.new_dynamic_framework_provider(
-        objc = objc_provider,
         cc_info = cc_info,
         framework_dirs = framework_dirs_set,
         framework_files = depset(framework_imports),
@@ -393,17 +387,6 @@ def _apple_static_framework_import_impl(ctx):
         for dep in deps
         if apple_common.Objc in dep
     ])
-    providers.append(
-        framework_import_support.objc_provider_with_dependencies(
-            additional_objc_provider_fields = additional_objc_provider_fields,
-            additional_objc_providers = additional_objc_providers,
-            alwayslink = alwayslink,
-            sdk_dylib = sdk_dylibs,
-            sdk_framework = sdk_frameworks,
-            static_framework_file = framework.binary_imports,
-            weak_sdk_framework = weak_sdk_frameworks,
-        ),
-    )
 
     linkopts = []
     if sdk_dylibs:

apple/internal/apple_xcframework_import.bzl

@@ -494,17 +494,6 @@ def _apple_dynamic_xcframework_import_impl(ctx):
     )
     providers.append(apple_framework_import_info)
 
-    # Create Objc provider
-    objc_provider = framework_import_support.objc_provider_with_dependencies(
-        additional_objc_providers = [
-            dep[apple_common.Objc]
-            for dep in deps
-            if apple_common.Objc in dep
-        ],
-        dynamic_framework_file = [] if ctx.attr.bundle_only else [xcframework_library.binary],
-    )
-    providers.append(objc_provider)
-
     # Create CcInfo provider
     cc_info = framework_import_support.cc_info_with_dependencies(
         actions = actions,
@@ -525,7 +514,6 @@ def _apple_dynamic_xcframework_import_impl(ctx):
 
     # Create AppleDynamicFrameworkInfo provider
     apple_dynamic_framework_info = framework_import_support.new_dynamic_framework_provider(
-        objc = objc_provider,
         cc_info = cc_info,
     )
     providers.append(apple_dynamic_framework_info)
@@ -626,15 +614,6 @@ def _apple_static_xcframework_import_impl(ctx):
         for dep in deps
         if apple_common.Objc in dep
     ])
-    objc_provider = framework_import_support.objc_provider_with_dependencies(
-        additional_objc_providers = additional_objc_providers,
-        alwayslink = alwayslink,
-        sdk_dylib = ctx.attr.sdk_dylibs,
-        sdk_framework = ctx.attr.sdk_frameworks,
-        weak_sdk_framework = ctx.attr.weak_sdk_frameworks,
-        static_framework_file = [xcframework_library.binary],
-    )
-    providers.append(objc_provider)
 
     sdk_linkopts = []
     for dylib in ctx.attr.sdk_dylibs:

apple/internal/framework_import_support.bzl

@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ load("//apple/internal:providers.bzl", "new_appleframeworkimportinfo")
 load("//apple/internal/utils:defines.bzl", "defines")
 load("//apple/internal/utils:files.bzl", "files")
 
-# TODO: Remove once we drop bazel 7.x
-_OBJC_PROVIDER_LINKING = hasattr(apple_common.new_objc_provider(), "linkopt")
-
 def _cc_info_with_dependencies(
         *,
         actions,
@@ -414,67 +411,15 @@ def _has_versioned_framework_files(framework_files):
             return True
     return False
 
-def _objc_provider_with_dependencies(
-        *,
-        additional_objc_provider_fields = {},
-        additional_objc_providers = [],
-        alwayslink = False,
-        library = None,
-        dynamic_framework_file = None,
-        sdk_dylib = None,
-        sdk_framework = None,
-        static_framework_file = None,
-        weak_sdk_framework = None):
-    """Returns a new Objc provider which includes transitive Objc dependencies.
-
-    Args:
-        additional_objc_provider_fields: Additional fields to set for the Objc provider constructor.
-        additional_objc_providers: Additional Objc providers to merge with this target provider.
-        alwayslink: Boolean to indicate if force_load_library should be set with the static
-            framework file.
-        library: File referencing a static library.
-        dynamic_framework_file: File referencing a framework dynamic library.
-        sdk_dylib: List of Apple SDK dylibs to link. Defaults to None.
-        sdk_framework: List of Apple SDK frameworks to link. Defaults to None.
-        static_framework_file: File referencing a framework static library.
-        weak_sdk_framework: List of Apple SDK frameworks to weakly link. Defaults to None.
-    Returns:
-        apple_common.Objc provider
-    """
-    objc_provider_fields = {}
-    objc_provider_fields["providers"] = additional_objc_providers
-
-    if library:
-        objc_provider_fields["library"] = depset(library)
-
-    if dynamic_framework_file:
-        objc_provider_fields["dynamic_framework_file"] = depset(dynamic_framework_file)
-
-    if static_framework_file:
-        objc_provider_fields["imported_library"] = depset(static_framework_file)
-
-        if alwayslink:
-            objc_provider_fields["force_load_library"] = depset(static_framework_file)
-
-    if sdk_dylib:
-        objc_provider_fields["sdk_dylib"] = depset(sdk_dylib)
-    if sdk_framework:
-        objc_provider_fields["sdk_framework"] = depset(sdk_framework)
-    if weak_sdk_framework:
-        objc_provider_fields["weak_sdk_framework"] = depset(weak_sdk_framework)
-
-    objc_provider_fields.update(**additional_objc_provider_fields)
-    if not _OBJC_PROVIDER_LINKING:
-        objc_provider_fields = {"providers": additional_objc_providers}
-
-    return apple_common.new_objc_provider(**objc_provider_fields)
-
 def _new_dynamic_framework_provider(**kwargs):
     """A wrapper API for the Bazel API of the same name to better support multiple Bazel versions
 
     Args:
         **kwargs: Arguments to pass if supported.
     """
+
+    # TODO: Remove once we drop bazel 7.x
+    _OBJC_PROVIDER_LINKING = hasattr(apple_common.new_objc_provider(), "linkopt")
     if not _OBJC_PROVIDER_LINKING:
         kwargs.pop("objc", None)
 
@@ -553,7 +498,6 @@ framework_import_support = struct(
     get_swift_module_files_with_target_triplet = _get_swift_module_files_with_target_triplet,
     has_versioned_framework_files = _has_versioned_framework_files,
     new_dynamic_framework_provider = _new_dynamic_framework_provider,
-    objc_provider_with_dependencies = _objc_provider_with_dependencies,
     swift_info_from_module_interface = _swift_info_from_module_interface,
     swift_interop_info_with_dependencies = _swift_interop_info_with_dependencies,
 )

apple/internal/ios_rules.bzl

@@ -147,9 +147,6 @@ load(
 )
 load("@build_bazel_rules_swift//swift:swift.bzl", "SwiftInfo")
 
-# TODO: Remove once we drop bazel 7.x
-_OBJC_PROVIDER_LINKING = hasattr(apple_common.new_objc_provider(), "linkopt")
-
 def _ios_application_impl(ctx):
     """Implementation of ios_application."""
     rule_descriptor = rule_support.rule_descriptor(
@@ -1707,12 +1704,6 @@ def _ios_dynamic_framework_impl(ctx):
                     ),
                 ),
             )
-            if _OBJC_PROVIDER_LINKING:
-                additional_providers.append(
-                    apple_common.new_objc_provider(
-                        dynamic_framework_file = provider.framework_files,
-                    ),
-                )
     providers.extend(additional_providers)
 
     return [