We discussed the issue on a climbing server, and concluded by saying that only initially we were shocked by the premise that a lot of maps have easy shortcuts now, and thus old highscores that were deemed untouchable would be beaten soon, ruining the effort of the former holders. But it turned out that while there are a lot of maps where one can take easy shortcuts, it is not too much of an issue actually.
I personally believe that this feature should not be removed, but made more reliable, and we see about the maps ourselves.