The entire grey plastic tower and components can be snipped right off, I left
the leads for the LED (D1) on for ease of attaching the laser diode module, but
you can just as easily pop the leads through the holes left from the LED if you
have a solder sucker.
I marked the polarity in case you don't know your
Anodes from your
Cathodes :)
+ is Red / Positive / Anode
- is Black / Negative / Cathode