Comment by kstenerud

Hmm, I take the exact opposite conclusion from what you've said. Don't take it out until you can demonstrate with high confidence that it won't break things in production. Lower maintainability is probably going to be less harmful than breakage (not to mention choosing the hills you're willing to die on).

But then again it depends on the kind of company. Small and scrappy? Move fast and break things. Big and established? Be cautious.