Oops:
http://trekcore.com/blog/2016/06/one-more-change-in-the-new-star-trek-wrath-of-khan-directors-cut/
Also they digitally fixed some stairs in the 2009 remaster?
I got the stairs, but this just looks like a mistake, not an intentional mistake.
The director oversaw this cut, therefore this is a deliberate creative decision.*
*I’m so teasing, its just a mistake. An odd one to have though.