What's the point/reason for being able to update the Standard File Location Path

found at: Dashboard -> Settings -> File Manager

You can change this to a different path on your machine to look for files, but it's pointless because in

/concrete/config/base.php it says

define('DIR_FILES_UPLOADED_STANDARD', DIR_BASE . '/files');

So it doesn't matter what you put in that Standard File Location Path, the path to look for standard files will ALWAYS be /files.

Is this a bug, or by design for some reason?