Or, use those rear holes for their intended purpose: mount a tang sight on it. The aperture will focus your front sight to a large degree. My 63 year old eyes surely aren't what they used to be. In fact they're downright bad, but aperture rear sights keep me in the iron sight game when hunting and target shooting, allowing me to keep my Savages clutter free.
I put scopes on .22 target rifles, and varmint rifles, whose purpose in life is to thread a tiny bullet into tiny targets at ridiculous ranges. Some bolt guns are scoped, or are adapted to some-time scope use, but the light, trim, nicely balanced Savages I hunt with will never be scoped.
