Removing a leaf or two that is overlapping and causing persistent condensation and can't otherwise be tucked or bent somehwere else is worth removing, but don't remove leaves just to remove leaves. That does not do the things the peanut gallery says it does. It does not "focuse resources on buds..." it's not magic like that.
leaves aren't just for absorbing light. they perform several functions, one of which is transpiration. The limiting factor for your growth is most likely ambient co2 in atmosphere, so reducing transpiration is nearly impossible to overcome with some magical benefit that nobody has ever measured or proven to even exist.
few things that negatively impact co2 or light absorption will be outweighed by some benefit that results from those behaviours... it's bad math.