diff --git a/includes/abstracts/abstract-wc-legacy-order.php b/includes/abstracts/abstract-wc-legacy-order.php
index 8fe96d3435a..bbf853d02e3 100644
--- a/includes/abstracts/abstract-wc-legacy-order.php
+++ b/includes/abstracts/abstract-wc-legacy-order.php
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ abstract class WC_Abstract_Legacy_Order extends WC_Data {
 	 * @param  array $item
 	 */
 	public function display_item_meta( $item ) {
-		_deprecated_function( 'get_item_meta', '2.7', 'wc_display_item_meta' );
+		_deprecated_function( 'display_item_meta', '2.7', 'wc_display_item_meta' );
 		$product   = $item->get_product();
 		$item_meta = new WC_Order_Item_Meta( $item, $product );
 		$item_meta->display();
diff --git a/templates/emails/email-order-items.php b/templates/emails/email-order-items.php
index 029c853b1d0..8976c3a4479 100644
--- a/templates/emails/email-order-items.php
+++ b/templates/emails/email-order-items.php
@@ -10,49 +10,43 @@
  * happen. When this occurs the version of the template file will be bumped and
  * the readme will list any important changes.
  *
- * @see 	    https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/template-structure/
+ * @see 	    https://docs.woothemes.com/document/template-structure/
  * @author 		WooThemes
  * @package 	WooCommerce/Templates/Emails
- * @version     2.1.2
+ * @version     2.7.0
  */
 
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	exit; // Exit if accessed directly
+	exit;
 }
 
 foreach ( $items as $item_id => $item ) :
-	$_product     = apply_filters( 'woocommerce_order_item_product', $order->get_product_from_item( $item ), $item );
-	$item_meta    = new WC_Order_Item_Meta( $item, $_product );
-
 	if ( apply_filters( 'woocommerce_order_item_visible', true, $item ) ) {
+		$product = $item->get_product();
 		?>
 		<tr class="<?php echo esc_attr( apply_filters( 'woocommerce_order_item_class', 'order_item', $item, $order ) ); ?>">
 			<td class="td" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; border: 1px solid #eee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; word-wrap:break-word;"><?php
 
 				// Show title/image etc
 				if ( $show_image ) {
-					echo apply_filters( 'woocommerce_order_item_thumbnail', '<div style="margin-bottom: 5px"><img src="' . ( $_product->get_image_id() ? current( wp_get_attachment_image_src( $_product->get_image_id(), 'thumbnail') ) : wc_placeholder_img_src() ) .'" alt="' . esc_attr__( 'Product Image', 'woocommerce' ) . '" height="' . esc_attr( $image_size[1] ) . '" width="' . esc_attr( $image_size[0] ) . '" style="vertical-align:middle; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>', $item );
+					echo apply_filters( 'woocommerce_order_item_thumbnail', '<div style="margin-bottom: 5px"><img src="' . ( $product->get_image_id() ? current( wp_get_attachment_image_src( $product->get_image_id(), 'thumbnail') ) : wc_placeholder_img_src() ) .'" alt="' . esc_attr__( 'Product Image', 'woocommerce' ) . '" height="' . esc_attr( $image_size[1] ) . '" width="' . esc_attr( $image_size[0] ) . '" style="vertical-align:middle; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>', $item );
 				}
 
 				// Product name
 				echo apply_filters( 'woocommerce_order_item_name', $item['name'], $item, false );
 
 				// SKU
-				if ( $show_sku && is_object( $_product ) && $_product->get_sku() ) {
-					echo ' (#' . $_product->get_sku() . ')';
+				if ( $show_sku && is_object( $product ) && $product->get_sku() ) {
+					echo ' (#' . $product->get_sku() . ')';
 				}
 
 				// allow other plugins to add additional product information here
 				do_action( 'woocommerce_order_item_meta_start', $item_id, $item, $order, $plain_text );
 
-				// Variation
-				if ( ! empty( $item_meta->meta ) ) {
-					echo '<br/><small>' . nl2br( $item_meta->display( true, true, '_', "\n" ) ) . '</small>';
-				}
+				wc_display_item_meta( $item );
 
-				// File URLs
 				if ( $show_download_links ) {
-					$order->display_item_downloads( $item );
+					wc_display_item_downloads( $item );
 				}
 
 				// allow other plugins to add additional product information here
@@ -65,7 +59,7 @@ foreach ( $items as $item_id => $item ) :
 		<?php
 	}
 
-	if ( $show_purchase_note && is_object( $_product ) && ( $purchase_note = get_post_meta( $_product->id, '_purchase_note', true ) ) ) : ?>
+	if ( $show_purchase_note && is_object( $product ) && ( $purchase_note = get_post_meta( $product->id, '_purchase_note', true ) ) ) : ?>
 		<tr>
 			<td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; border: 1px solid #eee; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"><?php echo wpautop( do_shortcode( wp_kses_post( $purchase_note ) ) ); ?></td>
 		</tr>
diff --git a/templates/emails/plain/email-order-items.php b/templates/emails/plain/email-order-items.php
index 2af1e0fd1b1..1bbc9438d66 100644
--- a/templates/emails/plain/email-order-items.php
+++ b/templates/emails/plain/email-order-items.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * @see 	    https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/template-structure/
  * @author 		WooThemes
  * @package 	WooCommerce/Templates/Emails/Plain
- * @version     2.1.2
+ * @version     2.7.0
  */
 
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
@@ -21,59 +21,38 @@ if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
 }
 
 foreach ( $items as $item_id => $item ) :
-	$_product     = apply_filters( 'woocommerce_order_item_product', $order->get_product_from_item( $item ), $item );
-	$item_meta    = new WC_Order_Item_Meta( $item, $_product );
-
 	if ( apply_filters( 'woocommerce_order_item_visible', true, $item ) ) {
-
-		// Title
-		echo apply_filters( 'woocommerce_order_item_name', $item['name'], $item, false );
-
-		// SKU
-		if ( $show_sku && $_product->get_sku() ) {
-			echo ' (#' . $_product->get_sku() . ')';
+		$product = $item->get_product();
+		echo apply_filters( 'woocommerce_order_item_name', $item->get_name(), $item, false );
+		if ( $show_sku && $product->get_sku() ) {
+			echo ' (#' . $product->get_sku() . ')';
 		}
-
+		echo ' X ' . apply_filters( 'woocommerce_email_order_item_quantity', $item['qty'], $item );
+		echo ' = ' . $order->get_formatted_line_subtotal( $item ) . "\n";
 		// allow other plugins to add additional product information here
 		do_action( 'woocommerce_order_item_meta_start', $item_id, $item, $order, $plain_text );
-
-		// Variation
-		echo ( $item_meta_content = $item_meta->display( true, true ) ) ? "\n" . $item_meta_content : '';
-
-		// Quantity
-		echo "\n" . sprintf( __( 'Quantity: %s', 'woocommerce' ), apply_filters( 'woocommerce_email_order_item_quantity', $item['qty'], $item ) );
-
-		// Cost
-		echo "\n" . sprintf( __( 'Cost: %s', 'woocommerce' ), $order->get_formatted_line_subtotal( $item ) );
-
-		// Download URLs
-		if ( $show_download_links && $_product->exists() && $_product->is_downloadable() ) {
-			$download_files = $order->get_item_downloads( $item );
-			$i              = 0;
-
-			foreach ( $download_files as $download_id => $file ) {
-				$i++;
-
-				if ( count( $download_files ) > 1 ) {
-					$prefix = sprintf( __( 'Download %d', 'woocommerce' ), $i );
-				} elseif ( $i == 1 ) {
-					$prefix = __( 'Download', 'woocommerce' );
-				}
-
-				echo "\n" . $prefix . '(' . esc_html( $file['name'] ) . '): ' . esc_url( $file['download_url'] );
-			}
+		echo strip_tags( wc_display_item_meta( $item, array(
+			'before'    => "\n- ",
+			'separator' => "\n- ",
+			'after'     => "",
+			'echo'      => false,
+			'autop'     => false,
+		) ) );
+		if ( $show_download_links ) {
+			echo strip_tags( wc_display_item_downloads( $item, array(
+				'before'    => "\n- ",
+				'separator' => "\n- ",
+				'after'     => "",
+				'echo'      => false,
+				'show_url'  => true,
+			) ) );
 		}
-
 		// allow other plugins to add additional product information here
 		do_action( 'woocommerce_order_item_meta_end', $item_id, $item, $order, $plain_text );
-
 	}
-
 	// Note
-	if ( $show_purchase_note && ( $purchase_note = get_post_meta( $_product->id, '_purchase_note', true ) ) ) {
+	if ( $show_purchase_note && ( $purchase_note = get_post_meta( $product->id, '_purchase_note', true ) ) ) {
 		echo "\n" . do_shortcode( wp_kses_post( $purchase_note ) );
 	}
-
 	echo "\n\n";
-
 endforeach;
diff --git a/templates/order/order-details-item.php b/templates/order/order-details-item.php
index 69bc4bc1905..0f81cfc3c4b 100644
--- a/templates/order/order-details-item.php
+++ b/templates/order/order-details-item.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * @see 	https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/template-structure/
  * @author  WooThemes
  * @package WooCommerce/Templates
- * @version 2.5.0
+ * @version 2.7.0
  */
 
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ if ( ! apply_filters( 'woocommerce_order_item_visible', true, $item ) ) {
 
 			do_action( 'woocommerce_order_item_meta_start', $item_id, $item, $order );
 
-			$order->display_item_meta( $item );
-			$order->display_item_downloads( $item );
+			wc_display_item_meta( $item );
+			wc_display_item_downloads( $item );
 
 			do_action( 'woocommerce_order_item_meta_end', $item_id, $item, $order );
 		?>