...In Season 12

https://screenrant.com/law-and-order-svu-dodged-a-big-problem-by-getting-rid-of-elliot-stabler/

Elliot Stabler leaving Law & Order: SVU helped the popular procedural avoid a potentially insurmountable problem in later seasons of the series.

I dunno...I think Elliot was a strong part of the show!! (Along with Olivia)