Different strokes for different folks.
On the ground our MEL prevails until we advance the thrust levers for T/O. In this case, it would be back to the gate for us, the engineers would do there bit and we would do ours, which include using full thrust, dry runway only, correcting the the T/O and landing gross weights, manual speedbrakes, and easy on the brakes initially in the event of an RTO.
Best thing to do is follow your company procedures.