remove BUILD_PROTO makefile and env

Author: drahnr

Makefile

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ help:
 # -- variables ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 WARNINGS=RUSTDOCFLAGS="-D warnings"
-BUILD_PROTO=BUILD_PROTO=1
 CONTAINER_RUNTIME ?= docker
 STRESS_TEST_DATA_DIR ?= stress-test-store-$(shell date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
 
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ test:  ## Runs all tests
 
 .PHONY: check
 check: ## Check all targets and features for errors without code generation
-	${BUILD_PROTO} cargo check --all-features --all-targets --locked --workspace
+	cargo check --all-features --all-targets --locked --workspace
 
 .PHONY: check-features
 check-features: ## Checks all feature combinations compile without warnings using cargo-hack
@@ -96,22 +95,22 @@ check-features: ## Checks all feature combinations compile without warnings usin
 
 .PHONY: build
 build: ## Builds all crates and re-builds protobuf bindings for proto crates
-	${BUILD_PROTO} cargo build --locked --workspace
-	${BUILD_PROTO} cargo build --locked -p miden-remote-prover-client --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --no-default-features --features batch-prover,block-prover,tx-prover # no-std compatible build
+	cargo build --locked --workspace
+	cargo build --locked -p miden-remote-prover-client --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --no-default-features --features batch-prover,block-prover,tx-prover # no-std compatible build
 
 # --- installing ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 .PHONY: install-node
 install-node: ## Installs node
-	${BUILD_PROTO} cargo install --path bin/node --locked
+	cargo install --path bin/node --locked
 
 .PHONY: install-remote-prover
 install-remote-prover: ## Install remote prover's CLI
-	$(BUILD_PROTO) cargo install --path bin/remote-prover --bin miden-remote-prover --locked
+	cargo install --path bin/remote-prover --bin miden-remote-prover --locked
 
 .PHONY: stress-test-smoke
 stress-test: ## Runs stress-test benchmarks
-	${BUILD_PROTO} cargo build --release --locked -p miden-node-stress-test
+	cargo build --release --locked -p miden-node-stress-test
 	@mkdir -p $(STRESS_TEST_DATA_DIR)
 	./target/release/miden-node-stress-test seed-store --data-directory $(STRESS_TEST_DATA_DIR) --num-accounts 500 --public-accounts-percentage 50
 	./target/release/miden-node-stress-test benchmark-store --data-directory $(STRESS_TEST_DATA_DIR) --iterations 10 --concurrency 1 sync-state

scripts/check-features.sh

@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 echo "Checking all feature combinations with cargo-hack..."
 
-# Set environment variables to treat warnings as errors and build protos
+# Set environment variables to treat warnings as errors
 export RUSTFLAGS="-D warnings"
-export BUILD_PROTO=1
 
 # Run cargo-hack with comprehensive feature checking
 cargo hack check \