The solution above only deletes the text from buttons, not the button itself. I am not a progammer, but this solution worked for me:
I removed a piece of code (x4, for four featured areas) from idex.php:
<div class="readmore-btn"> <a class="readmore" href="<?php if (poloray_get_option('poloray_feature_link2') != '') {
echo poloray_get_option('poloray_feature_link2');
} ?>"><?php _e('Read more','poloray'); ?></a></div>
This way the buttons disappeared together with the text on them.