The Stovepipe and the Stud

[Jafo]

So my brother and I are going to be installing the stovepipe soon. I have the snow kit for the Pacific Yurt, which means studs on the walls. I am curious if it is ok to permanently remove one stud when putting in the stove pipe. Here is their diagram of how to install the flashing, but they show it on a standard yurt. I added the black vertical lines to illustrate where the studs are currently:



I am thinking the stud will be too close to the pipe even if it is Metalbestos. I am going to ping the PY rep and see what he has to say. Anyone else deal with this before?