Simple Plugin to Change Post Formats

post-kinds-change-kind.php

/**
* Post Kinds Custom Post Format Change 
* Plugin Name: Post Kinds Custom Post Format
* Plugin URI: 
* Description: Change Post Kind to Post Format Mapping
* Version: 0.0.1
* Author: David Shanske
* Author URI: https://david.shanske.com
*/ 

function pk_change_read_format( $kinds ) {
  $kinds[ 'read' ][ 'format' ] = '';
  return $kinds;
}

apply_filters( 'kind_info', 'pk_change_read_format', 10 );