That is a cookie-cutter excuse. Let me guess, you can't even find this CG in extra or any other section of the game, right? There is no valid reason for completely removal of CG unless it pissed some people off and that is exactly what happened here. They caved in to the pressure out of fear of loosing supporters because a vocal minority screeched ntr.
I am not on their team, I am not a mind reader, and it was fucking years ago, I don't know what was in their heads, and neither do you, so no need to be a dick. If they didn't want to draw that stuff, it's not on you to judge.
And, no, I DO still have the old version. It was removed, because they didn't want to do that, and leaving it in there, is a waste of space. There was barely anything there to start with, anyway.
Now take your fucking attitude, and cram it in your pie hole.