Hi,
Then you don't want to remove the products listing associated module. Or it won't display any product, even after you click on a category.
HikaShop adds one automatically to avoid that problem.
What you want instead is to have a products listing associated module, but configure its "sub element filter" option to "direct sub elements" instead of "all sub elements". That way it will display the products only if they are directly linked to the current category and thus they won't show on the first page, only once you select a category.