I do recall reading of someone in Europe (I believe) removing the 2nd row center pedestal seat. Also, there was a Dr in the US West Coast that had his seat removed by one of the West Coast custom shops. However, there were many "latch" issues since the software still believed that the seat was there and I recall hearing about some issues with OTA and console warnings.
Search this forum. Some of the posts would have been from early 2016.