I read the comments, I am still hiding in the backgrounds for more ideas to suggest...
No, this is not needed, in simple terms, you are skilling to gain experience for that alone, in actual fact, getting
a little bit of experience points towards your character levelling is a BONUS already, maybe he should remove it
entirely?
You can look at it this way, since you are in catacombs and gaining prof points for healing, you should also get
more experience for character levelling.