Why do images copy themselves?

I'm trying to import a symbol into another composition in edge.
In that symbol I've used same icons and they exist in the composition too.
When I import the symbol instead of using the image that already exist in the library they make a new copy of the image for every place its been used.
this makes the image folder really heavy with 20 copies of every image.
Is there a smooth way to fix this problem, and make it work more like InDesign and links?

Sitting with a similar problem. This is quite frustrating. The only solution I can see is relinking every images after the import of the symbol. But thats just one heck of a job. With 50+ different symbols and 10 images i everyone, thats 500 unnecessary copies and a hell lots of relinking.

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