Can I Unplug Storm Ready WiFi Until I Need It?

The XB8 modem and the storm ready WiFi/pro extender absolutely do not like each other. If I have both online at the same time, half of the devices in my home will not connect to the internet. I don’t need it for WiFi extension. My house isn’t that big and the XB8 coverage is perfect. I mainly got the storm ready WiFi for storms and outages, and it works fine on its own during main network outages. But running them together is a major problem evidently. Would it cause any issues later if I just keep the storm ready WiFi unplugged until I need it? It won’t like deactivate or anything like that right?