De-leafing will just reduce your plants ability to make energy, slowing growth and potentially limiting the size of the flowers. Try to only remove yellow leaves and leave all the healthy green leaves to do their job of providing the energy for your plant to grow her biggest and best flowers, without interruption to her metabolism, which will occur if you do any sort of de-leafing, especially during the flowering phase. Just remember; less healthy green leaves = less energy produced = less/slower growth. It is basic plant biology!
Hope this helps,.... Organoman.