chore: java 1.8 compat is no longer needed

Author: cortlepp

pom.xml

@@ -1284,24 +1284,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.24</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>check</id>
-                        <phase>verify</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>check</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <!-- Skip Animal Sniffer API checking since we're targeting Java 17+ -->
-                    <skip>true</skip>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>