Repeated approvers in absence type approval

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Hi everyone,

We have a client requirement when approval for a holiday first goes to employee's line manager followed by a specific user. I have created this user inside a approval group to use the 'Skip Creator from approver list' which is working fine.

However, when this particular user's direct reports apply for a holiday, approval goes to this user twice (first as the employee's line manager and second as a user itself). Is there anyway I can control this behaviour?

Please advise.