quicktabs_update_last_removed breaks upgrades from older versions

Problem/Motivation

I encountered an issue that I wanted to upgrade a site to the newest 4.x version. In #3609965. As part of the commit hook_update_last_removed was introduced: https://git.drupalcode.org/project/quicktabs/-/blob/4.0.x/quicktabs.inst...

This basically blocks the upgrade for sites, that haven't ran that update hook.

The installed version of the /Quick Tabs/ module is too old to update. Update
to an intermediate version first (last removed version: 103001, installed
version: 8000).

But since it is indicating that the update hook was obsolete using hook_update_last_removed is a problem. Because it not only tells that an update hook was removed, but it also signalizes Drupal that you cannot upgrade to 4.3.1, if that particular update hook hasn't ran.

And that's a problem for all sites that that trying to upgrade from for example 4.0.1 or lower (where the update hook hasn't existed) to 4.3.1.

But in our case it does not seem to matter if the update hook ran, because js_cookie is not required anymore.

Currently I'm working around it pretending that the site has seen that update hook.

drush php:eval "\Drupal::service('update.update_hook_registry')->setInstalledVersion('quicktabs', 103001);"

Steps to reproduce

Proposed resolution

Remove the quicktabs_update_last_removed hook.

Remaining tasks

User interface changes

API changes

Data model changes