It's not a fucking pack of peanuts and you could just remove the bad ones. WIFI chip can be removed from an ESP 32 is the first time I have ever heard. It's probably not the easiest thing to do.
Yeah, it was also the first time in your life you ever heard about existence of Rapspberry Pi Zero with wifi chip (that can also be removed manually)... I guess you must be smarter than me in this field 
Now let's get back on topic of Jade DIY.