Am 20.07.2014 um 21:35 schrieb Meer, H. van der <H.vanderMeer@uva.nl>:

Thanks. Please let us know if this addition of location=none will be taken up in a future beta.

I also realised that the effect wanted can be obtained by dividing the single
  \noheaderandfooterlines
into two additional macros
\noheaderlines and \nofooterlines
Is that a viable idea too?

When you want disable only one element you can use the \setupheader or \setupfooter command.

Wolfgang