Menus panel in wordpress customizer

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1. There are 2 Trac tickets that govern this issue. The complete solution to this is

   add_action( 'customize_register', function( $wp_customize ) {
           /** @var WP_Customize_Manager $wp_customize */
           remove_action( 'customize_controls_enqueue_scripts', array( $wp_customize->nav_menus, 'enqueue_scripts' ) );
           remove_action( 'customize_register', array( $wp_customize->nav_menus, 'customize_register' ), 11 );
           remove_filter( 'customize_dynamic_setting_args', array( $wp_customize->nav_menus, 'filter_dynamic_setting_args' ) );
           remove_filter( 'customize_dynamic_setting_class', array( $wp_customize->nav_menus, 'filter_dynamic_setting_class' ) );
           remove_action( 'customize_controls_print_footer_scripts', array( $wp_customize->nav_menus, 'print_templates' ) );
           remove_action( 'customize_controls_print_footer_scripts', array( $wp_customize->nav_menus, 'available_items_template' ) );
           remove_action( 'customize_preview_init', array( $wp_customize->nav_menus, 'customize_preview_init' ) );
   }, 10 );
   

   More details:

   https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/33552

   https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/33411

   In the old versions of wordpress (<4.3) this worked, but not now:

   function your_customizer( $wp_customize ) {
   $wp_customize->remove_panel( 'widgets' );
   }
   add_action( 'customize_register', 'your_customizer' );
   

2. Thank you dingo_d, that worked for me too.
   Incidentally, $wp_customize->remove_panel('widgets); still works in WordPress v. 4.5.1

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