Issue with Kicksecure 17 without sys-whonix

I would like to use kicksecure 17 with a appVPN in Net Qube instead of sys-whonix. I ran

sudo systemctl disable tor

, but I still get this error message:

Denied whonix.NewStatus + status from kicksecure17 to sys-whonix

However, thanks to my Net Qube appVPN, I do have internet access. How can I resolve the error message, and is using kicksecure this way still secure?