diff --git a/metadata-ingestion-modules/airflow-plugin/build.gradle b/metadata-ingestion-modules/airflow-plugin/build.gradle
index e2e624a74e412..e874f70db02a3 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion-modules/airflow-plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/metadata-ingestion-modules/airflow-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@ if (extra_pip_extras != "") {
 
 def pip_install_command = "VIRTUAL_ENV=${venv_name} ${venv_name}/bin/uv pip install -e ../../metadata-ingestion"
 
-task checkPythonVersion(type: Exec) {
-  commandLine python_executable, '-c', 'import sys; assert sys.version_info >= (3, 7)'
-}
-
-task environmentSetup(type: Exec, dependsOn: checkPythonVersion) {
+task environmentSetup(type: Exec) {
   def sentinel_file = "${venv_name}/.venv_environment_sentinel"
   inputs.file file('setup.py')
   outputs.file(sentinel_file)
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/build.gradle b/metadata-ingestion/build.gradle
index 52fefc3c78945..4e3f1ca91766c 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/build.gradle
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def get_coverage_arg(test_name) {
 
 task checkPythonVersion(type: Exec) {
   commandLine python_executable, '-c',
-    'import sys; assert (3, 11) > sys.version_info >= (3, 8), f"Python version {sys.version_info[:2]} not allowed"'
+    'import sys; sys.version_info >= (3, 8), f"Python version {sys.version_info[:2]} not allowed"'
 }
 
 task environmentSetup(type: Exec, dependsOn: checkPythonVersion) {