# 🔍 Description
## Issue References 🔗
This pull request aims to remove building support for Spark 3.1, while still keeping the engine support for Spark 3.1.
- VOTE: https://lists.apache.org/thread/670fx1qx7rm0vpvk8k8094q2d0fthw5b
- VOTE RESULT: https://lists.apache.org/thread/0zdxg5zjnc1wpxmw9mgtsxp1ywqt6qvb
The next step is to clean up code in Spark extensions to drop 3.1-related code.
## Describe Your Solution 🔧
- Remove Maven profile `spark-3.1`, and references on docs, release scripts, etc.
- Keep the cross-version verification to ensure that the Spark SQL engine built on the default Spark version (3.4) still works well on Spark 3.1 runtime.
## Types of changes 🔖
- [ ] Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
- [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
- [x] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)
## Test Plan 🧪
Pass GA.
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# Checklist 📝
- [x] This patch was not authored or co-authored using [Generative Tooling](https://www.apache.org/legal/generative-tooling.html)
**Be nice. Be informative.**
Closes#6091 from pan3793/remove-spark-3.1-profile.
Closes#6091
ce2983284 [Cheng Pan] nit
5887c808b [Cheng Pan] migration guide
cf28096d3 [Cheng Pan] Log deprecation message on Spark SQL engine with 3.1
a467e618d [Cheng Pan] nit
e11c0fb31 [Cheng Pan] Remove building support for Spark 3.1
Authored-by: Cheng Pan <chengpan@apache.org>
Signed-off-by: Cheng Pan <chengpan@apache.org>
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