They won't have 7,000 steps and people will complain about "breaking lore", like always.
Like when Cyrodiil's jungles was turned into temperated forests. Some people couldn't forgive that.
To prevent the same kind of boring discussions, let's just blame Tiber Septim if there's not 7,000 steps. He tinkered with Tamriel, when he ascended into divinity.