Can I grind or cut these off?

OK so it was a real pain to get my T45 out. There were these little ears that kept hitting the firewall and I had to twist, raise, then lower the tranny and try to lift and lower jack under motor. Took me a couple hours after everything was unbolted to slide it out. Can I just grind or cut these little ears off? I dont think theres anything that needs to be attached to them.
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