Comment 17 for bug 1101037

Still seem to be unable to remove this on yakkety.

Since the introduction of Unity I never found this icon useful in any way. Why should I drag something to the trash when I can also right click->close/unpin it?

Imho, this should be removed by default as its ugly, takes up space, and makes you open the Trash folder accidentally every once in a while.
Alternatively, why not hide it unless you're dragging something?