diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_changed_files.sh b/.github/workflows/validate_changed_files.sh
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--- a/.github/workflows/validate_changed_files.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
-
-INVALID_FILE_PATHS=('pkg/plugin/sdk')        # Array of filepaths that are not allowed
-VALID_FILE_PATHS=('pkg/plugin/sdk/v1alpha3') # Array of filepaths that are allowed
-
-# by default the only local branch will be pull/PR#/merge
-# fetch only the latest commit from the 2 branches in question to avoid fetching the entire repo which could be costly
-
-git fetch --depth 1 origin "${GITHUB_BASE_REF}"
-git fetch --depth 1 origin "${GITHUB_REF}"
-
-git diff --name-only "origin/${GITHUB_BASE_REF}..${GITHUB_SHA}" | while read -r file; do
-
-    # check if filepath matches a valid path. If so move to the next change
-    for valid_path in "${VALID_FILE_PATHS[@]}"; do
-        if [[ "${file}" == "${valid_path}"* ]]; then
-            continue 2
-        fi
-    done
-
-    # check if filepath matches an invalid path
-    for invalid_path in "${INVALID_FILE_PATHS[@]}"; do
-        if [[ "${file}" == "${invalid_path}"* ]]; then
-            echo "Branch contains changes to versioned SDK files."
-            echo "Add the 'allow sdk change' tag to the PR and re-trigger CI to bypass this check."
-            exit 1
-        fi
-    done
-done
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validation.yml b/.github/workflows/validation.yml
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-name: Validation
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
-  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab.
-  workflow_dispatch:
-concurrency:
-  # Cancel previous actions from the same PR or branch except 'main' branch.
-  # See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-jobs/using-concurrency and https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts for more info.
-  group: concurrency-group::${{ github.workflow }}::${{ github.event.pull_request.number > 0 && format('pr-{0}', github.event.pull_request.number) || github.ref_name }}${{ github.ref_name == 'main' && format('::{0}', github.run_id) || ''}}
-  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref_name != 'main' }}
-jobs:
-  validation:
-    name: Validation
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Validate changed files
-        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'allow sdk change')
-        run: ./.github/workflows/validate_changed_files.sh
-      - uses: bazelbuild/setup-bazelisk@v1
-      - name: Go cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/.cache/go-build
-            ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.mod', '**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-go-
-      - name: Tidy up repository
-        run: ./.github/workflows/tidy_up_repository.sh