[skip ci] remove gopass prompt workaround

.run/testquick.run.xml

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
   <configuration default="false" name="testquick" type="JUnit" factoryName="JUnit">
     <module name="provs.test" />
+    <option name="ALTERNATIVE_JRE_PATH_ENABLED" value="true" />
+    <option name="ALTERNATIVE_JRE_PATH" value="/usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk-amd64" />
     <option name="PACKAGE_NAME" value="org" />
     <option name="MAIN_CLASS_NAME" value="" />
     <option name="METHOD_NAME" value="" />

build.py

@@ -11,24 +11,6 @@ PROJECT_ROOT_PATH = "."
 version = "0.40.1-dev"
 
 
-@init
-def initialize0(project):
-    """
-    workaround to avoid prompt for gopass if no artifacts need to be uploaded
-    usage: with option "-E ng" , e.g. "pyb -E artifacts patch_local"
-    """
-    os.environ["RELEASE_ARTIFACT_TOKEN"] = "dummy"  # avoids prompt for RELEASE_ARTIFACT_TOKEN
-
-
-@init(environments=["artifacts"])
-def initialize1(project):
-    """
-    prompt for gopass if artifacts need to be uploaded
-    usage: with option "-E artifacts" , e.g. "pyb -E artifacts dev"
-    """
-    del os.environ["RELEASE_ARTIFACT_TOKEN"]
-
-
 @init
 def initialize2(project):
     input = {

src/main/resources/version.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.40.2-SNAPSHOT
+0.40.4-SNAPSHOT