Break reference of Reference Geometry (axis, plane)

Hi,

I've never needed to do this before. Essentially a customer sent me an assembly file with a rough design of an assembly I need to design. One key information I need to use is the axis of an actuator that he positioned in space. Therefore I want to set an axis using a Reference Geometry using the cylindrical actuator body and then suppress or delete the actuator.  However when I do that the axis loses its reference.

Is there a way to break the reference and then fix the axis, similar to how it can be done in sketches?

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