I had to remove my switch for my extruder lights in order to mount it but when in place I don't feel the need to remove the tray anyways. It does exactly as intended and catches the bits that fall off the extruder and those which I end up sweeping off the bed.
The author remixed this model.
I simply did what the original poster didn't and increased the volume of the tray by making the sides thinner/more proportioned to the rest of the model.