Extra Picture Folder?

After the iOS 5 update on my 3Gs and now on my new 4s, I have two picture folders, the "Photo Library" which was always the ones I synced via iTunes, but now I have that folder also showing (named as it is on my laptop) , which shows the same pics as the "Photo Library" how do I get rid of one of them? This is not the Photo Stream folder or the Camera Roll...it is two folders with the same pics. The one on my Laptop that I use to sync via iTunes is called "iPhone Pics". With the old iOS, those pics were what made up my "Photo Library". Since the update and now on my new 4s, I have the "Photo Library" AND a folder called "iPhone Pics" with the same pictures. I don't need them doubled and hit edit when in album mode to delete the "iPhone Pics" folder but I can't. Any ideas how to get rid of it? If I don't sync the folder, what will go into my "Photo Library"? These are pics I took with my Canon Camera and have on my laptop but wanted on my phone also. I can't find any explanation anywhere that pertains to the photo library...just about the photo stream on iCloud....

OK..once I posted this a list of other threads showed up so I found the answer. The iOS update basically turned the photo library into a master list of all the pics I added to my phone via iTunes..so if I had more than one folder uploaded, they'd all be included in the ":Library" but I could also view each folder alone if I wanted to much like the master music list and playlists on iTunes. It seems crazy to me but I only have one folder uploading so it isn't a big deal to me but I can see that for others, it's a good thing. As long as it isn't taking up any extra space on my phone, it doesn't matter...I just wish there was a way to hide the "subfolders so they don't show unless I want them to.

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