You can e-file your 2020 tax return, reporting the form 1098-T as is should be and leave the note off of it if you want. The only problem is that the IRS may come back later and deny the education credit and assess taxes based on the scholarship income that you report versus what is on the form 1098-T.
However, if that happened, you would have an opportunity to write them a response explaining what happened and that should resolve the issue.
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