QGIS select by location doesn't use selected features only

I'm using QGIS 2.14.3 - Essen (but have also tried 2.18.12 Las Palmas)

Using 2.14.3, if I select one feature in a vector layer, and then use [Vector][Research][Select by Location], I have the option to check the 'Only selected features' option (this feature is not available in 2.18.12). The analysis behaves as one would expect if only the selected feature is used.

In newer releases, the dialogue box doesn't have an option to only analyse selected features and the outcome is different to case 1 above (in that all features in the layer are processed, irrespective of how many may be selected)

I can see that in [Processing][Options][General], there is an option to 'only use selected features' but it appears to me that this is not used - irrespective of whether this box is checked or unchecked, the select by location algorithm uses all features, not selected features.