diff --git a/src/applications/config/check/PhabricatorExtraConfigSetupCheck.php b/src/applications/config/check/PhabricatorExtraConfigSetupCheck.php
--- a/src/applications/config/check/PhabricatorExtraConfigSetupCheck.php
+++ b/src/applications/config/check/PhabricatorExtraConfigSetupCheck.php
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@
       'Phabricator no longer supports global customization of monospaced '.
       'fonts.');
 
+    $public_mail_reason = pht(
+      'Inbound mail addresses are now configured for each application '.
+      'in the Applications tool.');
+
     $ancient_config += array(
       'phid.external-loaders' =>
         pht(
@@ -256,6 +260,11 @@
       'search.engine-selector' => pht(
         'Phabricator now automatically discovers available search engines '.
         'at runtime.'),
+
+      'metamta.files.public-create-email' => $public_mail_reason,
+      'metamta.maniphest.public-create-email' => $public_mail_reason,
+      'metamta.maniphest.default-public-author' => $public_mail_reason,
+      'metamta.paste.public-create-email' => $public_mail_reason,
     );
 
     return $ancient_config;
diff --git a/src/applications/files/config/PhabricatorFilesConfigOptions.php b/src/applications/files/config/PhabricatorFilesConfigOptions.php
--- a/src/applications/files/config/PhabricatorFilesConfigOptions.php
+++ b/src/applications/files/config/PhabricatorFilesConfigOptions.php
@@ -157,20 +157,6 @@
             "must also configure S3 access keys in the 'Amazon Web Services' ".
             "group.")),
      $this->newOption(
-        'metamta.files.public-create-email',
-        'string',
-        null)
-        ->setLocked(true)
-        ->setLockedMessage(pht(
-          'This configuration is deprecated. See description for details.'))
-        ->setSummary(pht('DEPRECATED - Allow uploaded files via email.'))
-        ->setDescription(
-          pht(
-            'This config has been deprecated in favor of [[ '.
-            '/applications/view/PhabricatorFilesApplication/ | '.
-            'application settings ]], which allow for multiple email '.
-            'addresses and other functionality.')),
-     $this->newOption(
         'metamta.files.subject-prefix',
         'string',
         '[File]')
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/config/PhabricatorManiphestConfigOptions.php b/src/applications/maniphest/config/PhabricatorManiphestConfigOptions.php
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/config/PhabricatorManiphestConfigOptions.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/config/PhabricatorManiphestConfigOptions.php
@@ -297,57 +297,6 @@
         '[Maniphest]')
         ->setDescription(pht('Subject prefix for Maniphest mail.')),
       $this->newOption(
-        'metamta.maniphest.public-create-email',
-        'string',
-        null)
-        ->setLocked(true)
-        ->setLockedMessage(pht(
-          'This configuration is deprecated. See description for details.'))
-        ->setSummary(pht('DEPRECATED - Allow filing bugs via email.'))
-        ->setDescription(
-          pht(
-            'This config has been deprecated in favor of [[ '.
-            '/applications/view/PhabricatorManiphestApplication/ | '.
-            'application settings ]], which allow for multiple email '.
-            'addresses and other functionality.'."\n\n".
-            'You can configure an email address like '.
-            '"bugs@phabricator.example.com" which will automatically create '.
-            'Maniphest tasks when users send email to it. This relies on the '.
-            '"From" address to authenticate users, so it is is not completely '.
-            'secure. To set this up, enter a complete email address like '.
-            '"bugs@phabricator.example.com" and then configure mail to that '.
-            'address so it routed to Phabricator (if you\'ve already '.
-            'configured reply handlers, you\'re probably already done). See '.
-            '"Configuring Inbound Email" in the documentation for more '.
-            'information.')),
-      $this->newOption(
-        'metamta.maniphest.default-public-author',
-        'string',
-        null)
-        ->setLocked(true)
-        ->setLockedMessage(pht(
-          'This configuration is deprecated. See description for details.'))
-        ->setSummary(pht(
-          'DEPRECATED - Username anonymous bugs are filed under.'))
-        ->setDescription(
-          pht(
-            'This config has been deprecated in favor of [[ '.
-            '/applications/view/PhabricatorManiphestApplication/ | '.
-            'application settings ]], which allow for multiple email '.
-            'addresses each with its own default author, and other '.
-            'functionality.'."\n\n".
-            'If you enable `metamta.maniphest.public-create-email` and create '.
-            'an email address like "bugs@phabricator.example.com", it will '.
-            'default to rejecting mail which doesn\'t come from a known user. '.
-            'However, you might want to let anyone send email to this '.
-            'address; to do so, set a default author here (a Phabricator '.
-            'username). A typical use of this might be to create a "System '.
-            'Agent" user called "bugs" and use that name here. If you specify '.
-            'a valid username, mail will always be accepted and used to '.
-            'create a task, even if the sender is not a system user. The '.
-            'original email address will be stored in an `From Email` field '.
-            'on the task.')),
-      $this->newOption(
         'maniphest.priorities.unbreak-now',
         'int',
         100)
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/controller/ManiphestTaskEditController.php b/src/applications/maniphest/controller/ManiphestTaskEditController.php
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/controller/ManiphestTaskEditController.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/controller/ManiphestTaskEditController.php
@@ -684,19 +684,7 @@
       'tokenizerID' => $project_tokenizer_id,
     ));
 
-    $description_control = new PhabricatorRemarkupControl();
-    // "Upsell" creating tasks via email in create flows if the instance is
-    // configured for this awesomeness.
-    $email_create = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig(
-      'metamta.maniphest.public-create-email');
-    if (!$task->getID() && $email_create) {
-      $email_hint = pht(
-        'You can also create tasks by sending an email to: %s',
-        phutil_tag('tt', array(), $email_create));
-      $description_control->setCaption($email_hint);
-    }
-
-    $description_control
+    $description_control = id(new PhabricatorRemarkupControl())
       ->setLabel(pht('Description'))
       ->setName('description')
       ->setID('description-textarea')
@@ -706,7 +694,6 @@
     $form
       ->appendChild($description_control);
 
-
     if ($request->isAjax()) {
       $dialog = id(new AphrontDialogView())
         ->setUser($user)
diff --git a/src/applications/paste/config/PhabricatorPasteConfigOptions.php b/src/applications/paste/config/PhabricatorPasteConfigOptions.php
--- a/src/applications/paste/config/PhabricatorPasteConfigOptions.php
+++ b/src/applications/paste/config/PhabricatorPasteConfigOptions.php
@@ -22,20 +22,6 @@
   public function getOptions() {
     return array(
       $this->newOption(
-        'metamta.paste.public-create-email',
-        'string',
-        null)
-        ->setLocked(true)
-        ->setLockedMessage(pht(
-          'This configuration is deprecated. See description for details.'))
-        ->setSummary(pht('DEPRECATED - Allow creating pastes via email.'))
-        ->setDescription(
-          pht(
-            'This config has been deprecated in favor of [[ '.
-            '/applications/view/PhabricatorPasteApplication/ | '.
-            'application settings ]], which allow for multiple email '.
-            'addresses and other functionality.')),
-      $this->newOption(
         'metamta.paste.subject-prefix',
         'string',
         '[Paste]')