Remove special casing by sparse core as it did not work as intended

PiperOrigin-RevId: 702977131

Author: TensorFlow Recommenders Authors

tensorflow_recommenders/layers/embedding/tpu_embedding_layer.py

@@ -15,23 +15,8 @@
 """Keras interface for TPU Embeddings in TF2."""
 
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, Optional, Union
-import tensorflow.compat.v2 as tf
-
 
-# From tensorflow/python/layers/sparse_core_util.py to avoid circular dependency
-# and avoid creating another separate file.
-def has_sparse_core() -> bool:
-  """Check to see if SparseCore is available."""
-  strategy = tf.distribute.get_strategy()
-  if not isinstance(
-      strategy,
-      (tf.distribute.TPUStrategy, tf.distribute.experimental.TPUStrategy),
-  ):
-    return False
-  return (
-      strategy.extended.tpu_hardware_feature.embedding_feature
-      == tf.tpu.experimental.HardwareFeature.EmbeddingFeature.V2
-  )
+import tensorflow.compat.v2 as tf
 
 _SLOT_NAME_MAPPING = {
     # Slot names in Keras optimizer v2 are different compared to the slot names
@@ -636,7 +621,7 @@ def __init__(
         will be one step old with potential correctness drawbacks). Set to True
         for improved performance.
       batch_size: Batch size of the input feature. Deprecated, support backward
-        compatibility. Set None for sparse core for proper shape inference.
+        compatibility.
       embedding_feature: EmbeddingFeature enum, inidicating which version of TPU
         hardware the layer should run on.
       sparse_core_embedding_config: SparseCoreEmbeddingConfig, inidicating
@@ -680,7 +665,7 @@ def __init__(
         pipeline_execution_with_tensor_core,
         sparse_core_embedding_config
     )
-    self.batch_size = None if has_sparse_core() else batch_size
+    self.batch_size = batch_size
     self._tpu_call_id = 0
 
   def _create_tpu_embedding_mid_level_api(