Amiga 4000 rev D battery

[Amigaz]

I'm about to use an external cmos battery on my A4000 Rev D motherboard but I've noticed the previous owner soldered a resistor between a couple of components near the original coin shaped battery when he soldered the wires to was hooked up to the external coin battery he had soldered to those wires.
You guys think this resistor will cause any issues or should I remove it?

Here's a couple of pics on which you can see where it's located:


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[Amigaz]

Just tested the external battery without removing the resistor...no smoke so far and the clock seem to hold the time just fine :-)