Hides the ePanel on any Elegant Themes, drop into mu-pluings in /wp-content/

mu-removeepanel.php

<?php
/*
 Plugin Name: Disable ePanel on Frontend
 Description: Hides/removes the stupid Elegant Themes ePanel
 Author: bradparbs
 Author URI: http://bradparbs.com/
 */

function disable_epanel_on_frontpage(){
    ?><style>#et-control-panel{ display: none !important; }</style><?php
}
add_action('wp_head','disable_epanel_on_frontpage');