Edit smart object problem - CS4

I have some Illustrator art placed in Photoshop as a smart object. The object contains one main element and then a smaller element off to the side. Now that the object is placed as a smart object I want to edit the content in Illustrator and remove the smaller element that is off to the side. The problem happens that once the element is removed the remaining art placement in the Photoshop document shifts position relative to the new center of the art. Is there any way to change/prevent this?

Giving the objects no fill/stroke has been my work around in the past however this particular element is extremely complex and I was hoping that I could find a quicker and better way. I like the idea of the no fill/stroke bounding box. I will give that a try but I see a potential problem with effects like drop shadows and such. I think that if those effects are expanded and the bounding box set to the area of the expanded raster it might work. I wish that it was "smart" enuf to realize how it was placed/edited and not have to add elements that are for nothing more than to keep it ancored. Is this how it is in CS5?

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