I found these comments on 9.0.x and maser.
$ git grep "remove before 9.0.0 release"
iocore/net/SSLConfig.cc: // remove before 9.0.0 release
iocore/net/YamlSNIConfig.cc: // remove before 9.0.0 release
The comment says:
// remove before 9.0.0 release
// backwards compatibiity
Feel free to close this issue if there's already an issue or PR for it.