Just in case anyone faces the same issue, I resolved it by adding these lines of CSS.
One will hide the images, the other will hide the above text like "A downloadable etc..."
By having the P next to header_buy_row, its accessing the text. If you want to completely disable the top download area, take out the P and the the visibility/height modifiers.
.right_col.column {
visibility: hidden;
height: 0px;
}
.header_buy_row p {
font-size: 0;
}
:)