mergify: remove backport-8.x enforcement (#4398)

.mergify.yml

@@ -277,20 +277,6 @@ pull_request_rules:
           To fixup this pull request, you need to add the backport labels for the needed
           branches, such as:
           * `backport-./d./d` is the label to automatically backport to the `8./d` branch. `/d` is the digit
-  - name: add backport-8.x label for main only if no skipped or assigned already
-    conditions:
-      - -label~=^(backport-skip|backport-8.x)$
-      - base=main
-      - -merged
-      - -closed
-    actions:
-      comment:
-        message: |
-          `backport-8.x` has been added to help with the transition to the new branch `8.x`.
-          If you don't need it please use `backport-skip` label and remove the `backport-8.x` label.
-      label:
-        add:
-          - backport-8.x
   - name: backport patches to 8.17 branch
     conditions:
       - merged