How do I remove a <div> tag from an object?

How do I remove a <div> tag from an object?

Ive simplified this down a bit to make it easier to explain.

If I have html of

      

       <div id="A360AFD9-AE96-44B8-8ED5-C9E5591F5A0D" class="control">
       

         <div class="editableToolbar clearfix">
        

          <a href="#" class="edit"></a><a href="#" class="delete"></a>
        
 </div>
        
  <div class="pdRequiredParagraphWrapper">
  <p>Some Text 1</p>
 </div>
</div>





       

       

      

      

       <div id="F0C1BA11-C058-4B21-989D-80A64DCBCFD3" class="control">
       

         <div class="editableToolbar clearfix">
        
 <a href="#" class="edit"></a><a href="#" class="delete"></a>
  </div>


       

       

         <div class="pdRequiredParagraphWrapper">
        

          <p>Some Text 2</p>
        
 </div>
       
</div>
       

and I have loaded 

<div id="F0C1BA11-C058-4B21-989D-80A64DCBCFD3" class="control"
  <div class="editableToolbar clearfix">
   <a href="#" class="edit"></a><a href="#" class="delete"></a>
 </div>
  <div class="pdRequiredParagraphWrapper">
   <p>Some Text 2</p>
  </div>
</div>


the above html into a var 

and I only want to remove the

<div class="editableToolbar clearfix">
 <a href="#" class="edit"></a><a href="#" class="delete"></a>
</div>


part.

I cant use .remove as it will remove all the divs from the page. I only want 
to remove the one div contained in the var .

If that makes sense.