It would be cool if there was an option in Bitcoin Core for disabling the system tray entirely.

{
    if (nProgress == 0)
    {
        progressDialog = new QProgressDialog(title, "", 0, 100);
        progressDialog->setWindowModality(Qt::ApplicationModal);
        progressDialog->setMinimumDuration(0);
        progressDialog->setCancelButton(0);
        progressDialog->setAutoClose(false);
        progressDialog->setValue(0);
    }
    else if (nProgress == 100)
    {
        if (progressDialog)
        {
            progressDialog->close();
            progressDialog->deleteLater();
        }
    }
    else if (progressDialog)
        progressDialog->setValue(nProgress);
}
static bool ThreadSafeMessageBox(BitcoinGUI *gui, const std::string& message, const std::string& caption, unsigned int style)