Can I cut off the Face-ID part of the earpiece speaker flex cable?

(I’ve previously described some issues I encountered in this post: Proximity sensor, lightning port and cellular not working all at once. - iPhone X - iFixit )

Meanwhile, I found the probable cause. After disconnecting the earpiece speaker flex cable (the front speaker is otherwise working) all other issues stopped. I think there is a short on the flood illuminator / proximity and light sensors part that is causing the other power issues (cellular, charging not working and battery rapidly depleting). Can I simply cut off the part that connects to the rest of the sensors from the flex cable? It seems an easier alternative as I wouldn’t be able to make Face-ID work again with new parts anyways.