Arduino Micro: how to switch off its blue power LED? everybody!

I have a genuine Arduino Micro ("designed with adafruit", made in Italy) which is working perfectly well.

One thing I'd like to do but cannot figure out how (or at all), is to turn off the blue power LED. I hate blue LEDs, they hurt my eyes, and this one is particularly bright too. 

I could just paint it over with black paint but maybe there are programmatic ways to switch it off?

Regards﻿
Unfortunately the blue LED is a direct connection between 5V and GND. You can see below in the schematic exactly how it is connected



The only way to 'turn off' the LED would be to remove either the 1K resistor or LED with a soldering iron.

Another possibility is to take a sharp knife and make a cut in the track directly before or after the LED. I've marked the locations where to cut on the eagle screenshot.