Hey @rhoran,
Absolutely understand! You’re correct, this will create a bit of redundancy as this is meant to be a workaround for the mirror column not currently being supported in all of our automations.
If it helps, you can always either collapse or add view permissions the status column that is triggering the actual automation to help avoid confusion and make sure people are only using the correct column:
Check out this article for more details: How to Create Column Permissions
I know that ideally, the mirror column would just be supported in the original automation but you and @mark.anley can actually vote for this to be added on our Feedback page!
Here’s one I even found specifically for adding more automations that support The Mirror Column: Ability to use Mirror Columns in Automations
I hope this helps! Remember to mark the relevant answer as the solution for anyone else that hops into this thread 
Cheers,
Jenna