My Messages app on my Mac has two of the same Apple ID, and I can't remove one of them without disabling iCloud?

     Hello everyone. As my title states, I am having trouble with my Messages application on my MacBook Pro (mid 2012).
     When I go to Messages and click Messages and then Preferences at the top, it shows I have to Yahoo! email accounts associated with my Mac (note that these are the same email addresses). For the first one, the description is my actual email adress ([email protected]). For the sedond one, the descrption is 'Yahoo!'. I can't disable one without disabling the other, and I don't know which one to use with Yahoo! Messenger.
     Thanks for reading, any help is appreciated.

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