Items stopped spreading far on death

EDIT 2: This feature was fixed under a different bug report, more specifically MC-163472

1.14-1.15 - On death, items will drop straight below your feet without spreading at all.

1.0-1.13.2 - On death, items will spread a good amount of distance from the player.

This bug has been around since the 1.14 snapshots, but i cant access older versions on the list. Its still occurring in 19w34a, 19w35a, and 19w36a. 

Screenshots show a good example below of both versions, and to note items have spread properly in all older versions from 1.0-1.13.2.