Can I make my joycons not connect to the switch in handheld mode?

When I was about 10 years old I got my Nintendo switch and I accidentally broke the left side of the joycon connecting thingy, my dad took it to get repaired but it wasn't repaired properly so it broke off easy, so my dad then decided to glue it shut so that it wouldn't break again, and of course it cant charge/connect to the console and I likely cannot get it repaired anymore. one problem though is that I have to lift the right joycon slightly up when playing since I cant play with one joycon in handheld mode and one joycon removed, which is pretty uncomfortable. so I was wondering if there's any way to just make both joycons not connect to handheld mode at all?