Remove skype alias icon

After upgrading to 7.2, each time I login to skype, the original install icon appears on the desktop and can only be ejected after I quit Skype. It appears to be an alias.
If I try to trash the icon while logged in to Skype, an error message informs me "that the disk Skype couldn't be ejected because Skype is using it"
The app is installed in the Applications folder (as always). Why does this alias keep popping up?
I've trashed it from the Applications folder as well as from the desktop. Either way, it pops back up when I log in.
Thank you

Did you ever get an answer to this? I have just re-installed Skype onto my Mac (after not having used it for years) -- the icon is in the applications folder and on the desk top. Any info appreciated!!!! 4 June 2015

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