There is no point to run in the small chainring/small cog combination; there are other combinations which yield the same or very similar gear ratio without the problem you are having, among others. Look up "cross chaining", read about it and make it a habit not to do it.
DO NOT try to shorten your chain to fix this issue unless you are 100% certain that the chain is still long enough to go into the big/big combination (another cross-chained combination you shouldn't use) without straining anything.