[On Behalf of Customer] - how to uncheck Use Affiliate on Ledger Group balancing tab, for 2 ledger g

To meet our overall goal of running Chartfield Configuration with the Affiliate chartfield unchecked in 2 ledger groups, ACTUALS and RECORDING, we follow the below 2 steps but cannot get past the error messages in each. Has any one been successful at doing this?

(1) In the Standard Configuration page when we try to inactivate the Affiliate chartfield we get the below error:

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"You cannot inactivate field: Affiliate. (9050,98)

There is at least one Ledger Group that is using this Chartfield."

(2) In the Ledger Group balancing tab, when we uncheck the Use Affiliate checkbox for the Business Unit chartfield - we get the error message below and are not able to save.