The same post we made on this a couple months back still applies to the situation.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=18704852935&sid=1

"Currently we have no plans to remove them in the foreseeable future. However, we will continue to evaluate the situation and if a decision is made to remove these rewards at any point in the future, we'll provide a one month warning so players will have time to make some final attempts. "