I could never resist a good poke now and then.
I know, but it just perpetuates the problem.
A teensy bit of attention just reinvigorates the nonsense
It's a bit like killing off couch grass or creeping thistle.
If you exclude the light totally for say about 18 mnths the tops will.die down and the underground roots which store the energy necessary for regrowth, will eventually wither and die.
If however during that 18mnth period you expose the tops to the light, that fresh energy can be drawn down to the roots to reinvigorate the plant, and you have to start the clock again from then..
It's your choice, but if you keep feeding it, you'll keep it interested.
It won't get bored and go away.