Removing JPGs from "NEF+JPG"?

Several months ago, I was shooting RAW+JPG and imported a fair number of photos into LR (now 1.4.1). I had the setting enabled that treated tham as "one" (and was impressed by the results). I have since decided I don't want the JPGs and wish to just keep the NEF's. What's the best way to remove the JPGs from LR's database? Since they're treated as one, I can't figure out a way to delete just the JOG and separating them has, so far, proved not to be an intuitive process.

Go back to My Pictures/ My Documents etc.., and delete all the jpg associated files. They have not been 'imported' in to LR because they are treated as 'same' as raw files; but they are in base folders nevertheless.
As an aside; it is quite interesting to change a digit in the name of a jpg file, and then import into LR. This will give you an opportunity to compare (in the Library module)the difference between how LR (ARC) translates your NEF/CRF file and the original jpg as it is produced from the camera. Assuming always you are shooting with either an Canon or Nikon.

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