Framebuilders - Removing kickstand mount???

I have an early 80's Schwinn world sport. It is definitely steel of some kind. I really want to cut off the hideous kickstand mount that I will never use. Is this piece structural in any way? If I were to remove it, the chain stays would run all the way from the bottom bracket to the dropouts without any sort of cross-member support. Is that okay/safe?
Thanks

I'm just going to do it - unless someone tells me it's a horrible idea in the next 10 minutes...

I don't know what a kickstand "mount" might look like (a pic would help), but it sounds like you're referring to the chainstay bridge. Take a look at most any other bike and you'll see one there. It's there to stiffen the rear triangle and to provide a mount for fenders- the kickstands I've seen clamp to it as well. Generally, you can cut this out and suffer no ill effects. Cut it close with a hacksaw and file the nub till flush.

Here is a pic (hopefully)
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That looks as though it could be functioning as a chainstay bridge, so it would be structural. If it makes you feel any better that's actually the best positon structurally for a bridge, particularly a welded one. Bikes tend to have them between the tubes in a radial postion, but a tangent brace is stronger.

Yup, that's fugly! Cut it.

Definately structural, it may be fugly but leave it.

Consider it an experiment- with a frame like this, you couldn't have a lot invested in it, so why not try it and see? It won't fly apart and I'll bet you won't notice any difference in the ride.

it's fine. cut it.
many framebuilders even on mountain bikes leave out the chainstay bridge. i dont have one on my 29er.
and im hip... because i have a 29er. right?
but they really dont matter, and alot of the time they are for asthetic reasons.