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@The_Seldom_Killer
I've done that. As long as your comfortable that it won't compromise your safety then there isn't any reason to leave it on. I'm going to be using my bike for training and time trialling and usually out on quiet country roads away from the unpredictability of urban roads. Takes about 3 minutes to remove the cabling, housing and brake arms. Just leaves a couple of braze ons and arm mountings.
If you really wanted you could even take off the drops and replace with one of the chicken brakes for the front.