Is there a way to disable user reputation scores?

Hi,

Our Community is a support forum, where people affected by cancer come to support each other. Because of the nature of our Community, we don't necessarily want to have user scores present on the site as this has been upsetting for some of our members. They feel it 'rates' people's experiences and puts numbers/values on their input which can be distressing, and feel as though it breaks the community feel. 

I've been searching around but I can't find a way to disable the user reputation scores. I can see from the user docs that it's part of core functionality so I'm guessing it's not as simple as unticking a box, but I just wanted to make sure I'm not missing anything?

Best wishes,

Ellen