Removing dependencies and renaming bazel version file

WORKSPACE

@@ -26,13 +26,6 @@ http_archive(
     ],
 )
 
-http_archive(
-    name = "bazel_common",
-    sha256 = "d8c9586b24ce4a5513d972668f94b62eb7d705b92405d4bc102131f294751f1d",
-    strip_prefix = "bazel-common-413b433b91f26dbe39cdbc20f742ad6555dd1e27",
-    url = "https://github.com/google/bazel-common/archive/413b433b91f26dbe39cdbc20f742ad6555dd1e27.zip",
-)
-
 # Load common dependencies.
 load("//:protobuf_deps.bzl", "protobuf_deps")
 protobuf_deps()
@@ -42,14 +35,6 @@ bind(
     actual = "//util/python:python_headers",
 )
 
-load("@rules_jvm_external//:repositories.bzl", "rules_jvm_external_deps")
-
-rules_jvm_external_deps()
-
-load("@rules_jvm_external//:setup.bzl", "rules_jvm_external_setup")
-
-rules_jvm_external_setup()
-
 load("@rules_jvm_external//:defs.bzl", "maven_install")
 maven_install(
     artifacts = [

java/core/BUILD

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ load("@rules_java//java:defs.bzl", "java_library", "java_proto_library", "java_l
 load("@rules_jvm_external//:defs.bzl", "java_export")
 load("@rules_proto//proto:defs.bzl", "proto_lang_toolchain", "proto_library")
 load("//:internal.bzl", "conformance_test")
-load("//:version.bzl", "VERSION")
+load("//:protobuf_version.bzl", "PROTOBUF_VERSION")
 load("//java/internal:testing.bzl", "junit_tests")
 
 LITE_SRCS = [
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ LITE_SRCS = [
 # Should be used as `//java/lite`.
 java_export(
     name = "lite",
-    maven_coordinates = "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite:%s" % VERSION,
+    maven_coordinates = "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite:%s" % PROTOBUF_VERSION,
     pom_template = "//java/lite:pom_template.xml",
     srcs = LITE_SRCS + [
         "//:gen_well_known_protos_javalite"
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ java_library(
 
 java_export(
     name = "core",
-    maven_coordinates = "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:%s" % VERSION,
+    maven_coordinates = "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:%s" % PROTOBUF_VERSION,
     pom_template = "pom_template.xml",
     srcs = glob(
         [

java/util/BUILD

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 load("@rules_java//java:defs.bzl", "java_proto_library")
 load("@rules_jvm_external//:defs.bzl", "java_export")
 load("@rules_proto//proto:defs.bzl", "proto_library")
-load("//:version.bzl", "VERSION")
+load("//:protobuf_version.bzl", "PROTOBUF_VERSION")
 load("//java/internal:testing.bzl", "junit_tests")
 
 java_export(

protobuf_version.bzl

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PROTOBUF_VERSION = '3.17.3'

version.bzl

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-VERSION = '3.17.3'