Well my first blunder!

In doing the throttle body upgrade the instructions on this forum explains how to releasee the elbow from the throttle body. There is this long tab on the top of the elbow that you are supposed to lift as you pry the elbow from the thottle body. The clip or tab is plastic and like a fool I put to much pressure on it and broke the clip off. My question is do I need to purchase a new elbow now or will the elbow still be functional and stay on place with the plastic long clip missing