Project cores affected by championship jewels? (hextech crafting)

So I was browsing my hextech crafting collection and I noticed something kinda interesting. The project cores from the recent project event now have the exact same expiration date as the championship jewels:

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I think Riot was a little lazy with their coding...

Like with m'boy Azir which is why they just said "fk it" and nerfed him into the dirt...