I want this to be true. Something akin to them knowing about this the whole time, but needed to hide it because they had future redeemed cooking in the back room.
Ultimately though, if it did disappear, we'll know why in the next game as that is something they'd want to expand upon....I hope
It's almost certainly just that. Chapter 2 would've been a bizarre time for that reveal, and then we just don't see under the glove again.