diff --git a/apps/scenebuilder/SceneBuilderKit/src/com/oracle/javafx/scenebuilder/kit/editor/panel/css/CssUtils.java b/apps/scenebuilder/SceneBuilderKit/src/com/oracle/javafx/scenebuilder/kit/editor/panel/css/CssUtils.java
--- a/apps/scenebuilder/SceneBuilderKit/src/com/oracle/javafx/scenebuilder/kit/editor/panel/css/CssUtils.java
+++ b/apps/scenebuilder/SceneBuilderKit/src/com/oracle/javafx/scenebuilder/kit/editor/panel/css/CssUtils.java
@@ -753,14 +753,14 @@
         Styleable styleable = (target instanceof Styleable) ? (Styleable) target : null;
         Node node = null;
         if (styleable != null) {
-            node = Deprecation.getNode(styleable);
+            node = styleable.getStyleableNode();
             if (node == null) {
                 if (target instanceof MenuItem) {
                     final MenuItem mi = (MenuItem) target;
                     PopupControl pc = mi.getParentPopup();
 
                     if (pc != null) { // can be null for Menu.
-                        node = Deprecation.getNode(pc);
+                        node = pc.getStyleableNode();
                     }
                 } else {
                     if (target instanceof Tab) {
diff --git a/apps/scenebuilder/SceneBuilderKit/src/com/oracle/javafx/scenebuilder/kit/util/CssInternal.java b/apps/scenebuilder/SceneBuilderKit/src/com/oracle/javafx/scenebuilder/kit/util/CssInternal.java
--- a/apps/scenebuilder/SceneBuilderKit/src/com/oracle/javafx/scenebuilder/kit/util/CssInternal.java
+++ b/apps/scenebuilder/SceneBuilderKit/src/com/oracle/javafx/scenebuilder/kit/util/CssInternal.java
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
         } else {
             Styleable styleable = fxObject instanceof Styleable ? (Styleable) fxObject : null;
             if (styleable != null) {
-                node = Deprecation.getNode(styleable);
+                node = styleable.getStyleableNode();
             }
         }
         if (node != null) {
diff --git a/apps/scenebuilder/SceneBuilderKit/src/com/oracle/javafx/scenebuilder/kit/util/Deprecation.java b/apps/scenebuilder/SceneBuilderKit/src/com/oracle/javafx/scenebuilder/kit/util/Deprecation.java
--- a/apps/scenebuilder/SceneBuilderKit/src/com/oracle/javafx/scenebuilder/kit/util/Deprecation.java
+++ b/apps/scenebuilder/SceneBuilderKit/src/com/oracle/javafx/scenebuilder/kit/util/Deprecation.java
@@ -129,26 +129,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    // Retrieve the node of the Styleable.
-    public static Node getNode(Styleable styleable) {
-        // Nodes are styleable treated differently.
-        try {
-            if (styleable instanceof MenuItem) {
-                return ((MenuItem) styleable).impl_styleableGetNode();
-            } else if (styleable instanceof PopupControl) {
-                return ((PopupControl) styleable).impl_styleableGetNode();
-            } else if (styleable instanceof TableColumn) {
-                return ((TableColumn<?,?>) styleable).impl_styleableGetNode();
-            } else if (styleable instanceof TreeTableColumn) {
-                return ((TreeTableColumn<?,?>) styleable).impl_styleableGetNode();
-            }
-        } catch (Exception ex) {
-            // May happen, e.g if TableColumn as root
-            return null;
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
     @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
     public static List<Style> getMatchingStyles(CssMetaData cssMetaData, Styleable styleable) {
         return Node.impl_getMatchingStyles(cssMetaData, styleable);
diff --git a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/MenuItem.java b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/MenuItem.java
--- a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/MenuItem.java
+++ b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/MenuItem.java
@@ -588,14 +588,10 @@
     @Override
     public List<CssMetaData<? extends Styleable, ?>> getCssMetaData() {
         return Collections.emptyList();
-    }                
+    }
 
-    /**
-     * @treatAsPrivate implementation detail
-     * @deprecated This is an internal API that is not intended for use and will be removed in the next version
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public Node impl_styleableGetNode() {
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override public Node getStyleableNode() {
         // Fix for RT-20582. We dive into the visual representation
         // of this MenuItem so that we may return it to the caller.
         ContextMenu parentPopup = MenuItem.this.getParentPopup();
diff --git a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/PopupControl.java b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/PopupControl.java
--- a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/PopupControl.java
+++ b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/PopupControl.java
@@ -1093,13 +1093,8 @@
         return FXCollections.emptyObservableSet();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @treatAsPrivate implementation detail
-     * @deprecated This is an internal API that is not intended for use and will be removed in the next version
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-   // SB-dependency: RT-21094 has been filed to track this
-   public Node impl_styleableGetNode() {
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override public Node getStyleableNode() {
         return bridge;
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TableColumn.java b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TableColumn.java
--- a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TableColumn.java
+++ b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TableColumn.java
@@ -625,15 +625,10 @@
      */
     public static List<CssMetaData<? extends Styleable, ?>> getClassCssMetaData() {
         return Collections.emptyList();
-    }                
-   
-    /**
-     * @treatAsPrivate implementation detail
-     * @deprecated This is an internal API that is not intended for use and will be removed in the next version
-     */
-    @Deprecated    
-    // SB-dependency: RT-21094 has been filed to track this   
-   public Node impl_styleableGetNode() {
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override public Node getStyleableNode() {
         if (! (getTableView().getSkin() instanceof TableViewSkin)) return null;
         TableViewSkin<?> skin = (TableViewSkin<?>) getTableView().getSkin();
 
diff --git a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TreeTableColumn.java b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TreeTableColumn.java
--- a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TreeTableColumn.java
+++ b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TreeTableColumn.java
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@
 import javafx.event.EventTarget;
 import javafx.event.EventType;
 import javafx.scene.Node;
+import javafx.scene.control.skin.*;
 import javafx.util.Callback;
 import javafx.css.Styleable;
-import javafx.scene.control.skin.TableViewSkinBase;
+
 /**
  * A {@link TreeTableView} is made up of a number of TreeTableColumn instances. Each
  * TreeTableColumn in a {@link TreeTableView} is responsible for displaying
@@ -607,45 +608,51 @@
     
     public static List<CssMetaData<? extends Styleable, ?>> getClassCssMetaData() {
         return Collections.emptyList();
-    }                
+    }
 
-    /**
-     * @treatAsPrivate implementation detail
-     * @deprecated This is an internal API that is not intended for use and will be removed in the next version
-     */
-    @Deprecated    
-    // TODO implement
-    // SB-dependency: RT-21094 has been filed to track this
-    public Node impl_styleableGetNode() {
-//        if (! (getTableView().getSkin() instanceof TableViewSkin)) return null;
-//        TableViewSkin skin = (TableViewSkin) getTableView().getSkin();
-//
-//        TableHeaderRow tableHeader = skin.getTableHeaderRow();
-//        NestedTreeTableColumnHeader rootHeader = tableHeader.getRootHeader();
-//
-//        // we now need to do a search for the header. We'll go depth-first.
-//        return scan(rootHeader);
-            return null;
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override public Node getStyleableNode() {
+        if (! (getTreeTableView().getSkin() instanceof TreeTableViewSkin)) return null;
+        TreeTableViewSkin<?> skin = (TreeTableViewSkin<?>) getTreeTableView().getSkin();
+
+        TableHeaderRow tableHeader = null;
+        for (Node n : skin.getChildren()) {
+            if (n instanceof TableHeaderRow) {
+                tableHeader = (TableHeaderRow)n;
+            }
         }
 
-//    private TreeTableColumnHeader scan(TreeTableColumnHeader header) {
-//        // firstly test that the parent isn't what we are looking for
-//        if (TreeTableColumn.this.equals(header.getTreeTableColumn())) {
-//            return header;
-//        }
-//
-//        if (header instanceof NestedTreeTableColumnHeader) {
-//            NestedTreeTableColumnHeader parent = (NestedTreeTableColumnHeader) header;
-//            for (int i = 0; i < parent.getColumnHeaders().size(); i++) {
-//                TreeTableColumnHeader result = scan(parent.getColumnHeaders().get(i));
-//                if (result != null) {
-//                    return result;
-//                }
-//            }
-//        }
-//
-//        return null;
-//    }   
+        NestedTableColumnHeader rootHeader = null;
+        for (Node n : tableHeader.getChildren()) {
+            if (n instanceof NestedTableColumnHeader) {
+                rootHeader = (NestedTableColumnHeader) n;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // we now need to do a search for the header. We'll go depth-first.
+        return scan(rootHeader);
+    }
+
+    private TableColumnHeader scan(TableColumnHeader header) {
+        // firstly test that the parent isn't what we are looking for
+        if (TreeTableColumn.this.equals(header.getTableColumn())) {
+            return header;
+        }
+
+        if (header instanceof NestedTableColumnHeader) {
+            NestedTableColumnHeader parent = (NestedTableColumnHeader) header;
+            for (int i = 0; i < parent.getColumnHeaders().size(); i++) {
+                TableColumnHeader result = scan(parent.getColumnHeaders().get(i));
+                if (result != null) {
+                    return result;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+
     
     /***************************************************************************
      *                                                                         *
diff --git a/modules/graphics/src/main/java/javafx/css/Styleable.java b/modules/graphics/src/main/java/javafx/css/Styleable.java
--- a/modules/graphics/src/main/java/javafx/css/Styleable.java
+++ b/modules/graphics/src/main/java/javafx/css/Styleable.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
 import javafx.collections.ObservableSet;
+import javafx.scene.Node;
 
 /** 
  * Styleable comprises the minimal interface required for an object to be styled by CSS.
@@ -93,4 +94,16 @@
      */
     ObservableSet<PseudoClass> getPseudoClassStates();
 
+    /**
+     * Overridden in cases where the Styleable is not itself a Node, so that it may optionally
+     * return the relevant root node representation of itself. By default this method returns
+     * null, which can mean that either the Styleable itself is a Node, or if that is not
+     * the case, that the Styleable does not have a node representation available at the
+     * time of request.
+     *
+     * @since 9
+     */
+    default Node getStyleableNode() {
+        return null;
+    }
 }