Anyone remove top blade for better bagging/mulching?

I feel that I am not getting as good of a mulch cut with this double blade system.

I wonder if the top blade is causing turbulence flattening out the grass before the bottom blade cuts it.

Anyone removed the top blade? I get too many pieces of grass that popup after just mowing.

This is my first few months with my Honda HRX cutting tall Fescue.