Merge pull request #3115 from newrelic/dev

Release 9.18.0

Author: hannahramadan

.github/workflows/scripts/rubygems-publish.rb

@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 gem_name = ARGV[0]
 raise "gem name sans version must be supplied" if gem_name.to_s == ""
 
-api_key = ENV["GEM_HOST_API_KEY"]
-raise "GEM_HOST_API_KEY must be set" if api_key.to_s == ""
-
 version = ENV["VERSION"]
 raise "VERSION environment must be set" if version.to_s == ""