Steering cowl removal?

is it possible to get rid of the, quite frankly horrendous, steering cooling cowl, but kept the main control stalks (lights, wipers etc?)

I’ve stripped my interior and replaced the steering wheel and the giant slab of plastic is now on show.
ive no stereo any more soI’m not worried about loosing the volume controls, but obviously need to keep the wipers and lights.
I know I can take it off and have a look just wondering if anyone else has done it or I just shouldn’t bother.

cheers!