diff --git a/src/effects/backends/effectmanifestparameter.h b/src/effects/backends/effectmanifestparameter.h
index 40f9ac007d11..8c740a994709 100644
--- a/src/effects/backends/effectmanifestparameter.h
+++ b/src/effects/backends/effectmanifestparameter.h
@@ -67,60 +67,41 @@ class EffectManifestParameter {
         Time, // units?
     };
 
-    static UnitsHint lv2UnitToUnitsHint(const QString& lv2Unit) {
-        // Add custom LV2 units here (with correct case) and also
-        // in unitsHintToString()
-        if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("bar")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Bar;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("beat")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Beat;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("bpm")) {
-            return UnitsHint::BPM;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("cent")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Cent;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("cm")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Centimetre;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("coef")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Coefficient;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("db")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Decibel;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("degree")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Degree;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("frame")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Frame;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("hz")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Hertz;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("inch")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Inch;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("khz")) {
-            return UnitsHint::KiloHertz;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("km")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Kilometer;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("m")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Meter;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("mhz")) {
-            return UnitsHint::MegaHertz;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("midiNote")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Midinote;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("mile")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Mile;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("min")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Minute;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("mm")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Millmeter;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("ms")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Millisecond;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("oct")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Octave;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("pc")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Percentage;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("s")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Seconds;
-        } else if (lv2Unit == QLatin1String("semitone12TET")) {
-            return UnitsHint::Semitone12tet;
-        } else {
+    const QHash<QString, UnitsHint> lv2UnitToUnitsHintHash{
+            // Add custom LV2 units here (with correct case) and also
+            // in unitsHintStringHash()
+            {QString("bar"), UnitsHint::Bar},
+            {QString("beat"), UnitsHint::Beat},
+            {QString("bpm"), UnitsHint::BPM},
+            {QString("cent"), UnitsHint::Cent},
+            {QString("cm"), UnitsHint::Centimetre},
+            {QString("coef"), UnitsHint::Coefficient},
+            {QString("db"), UnitsHint::Decibel},
+            {QString("degree"), UnitsHint::Degree},
+            {QString("frame"), UnitsHint::Frame},
+            {QString("hz"), UnitsHint::Hertz},
+            {QString("inch"), UnitsHint::Inch},
+            {QString("khz"), UnitsHint::KiloHertz},
+            {QString("km"), UnitsHint::Kilometer},
+            {QString("m"), UnitsHint::Meter},
+            {QString("mhz"), UnitsHint::MegaHertz},
+            {QString("midiNote"), UnitsHint::Midinote},
+            {QString("mile"), UnitsHint::Mile},
+            {QString("min"), UnitsHint::Minute},
+            {QString("mm"), UnitsHint::Millmeter},
+            {QString("ms"), UnitsHint::Millisecond},
+            {QString("oct"), UnitsHint::Octave},
+            {QString("pc"), UnitsHint::Percentage},
+            {QString("s"), UnitsHint::Seconds},
+            {QString("semitone12TET"), UnitsHint::Semitone12tet}};
+
+    UnitsHint lv2UnitToUnitsHint(const QString& lv2) {
+        QHash<QString, UnitsHint>::const_iterator uHintIt =
+                lv2UnitToUnitsHintHash.find(lv2);
+        if (uHintIt == lv2UnitToUnitsHintHash.constEnd()) {
             return UnitsHint::Unknown;
         }
+        return uHintIt.value();
     }
 
     const QHash<UnitsHint, QString> unitsHintStringHash{
diff --git a/src/effects/backends/lv2/lv2manifest.cpp b/src/effects/backends/lv2/lv2manifest.cpp
index bccf96b6aabb..0b8fc8b87eaa 100644
--- a/src/effects/backends/lv2/lv2manifest.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/backends/lv2/lv2manifest.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ LV2Manifest::LV2Manifest(LilvWorld* world,
                     QString unitStr = lilv_node_as_uri(unit);
                     // that starts with the 'units' prefix, isolate the identifier
                     if (unitStr.startsWith(lilv_node_as_string(properties["unit_prefix"]))) {
-                        unitsHint = EffectManifestParameter::lv2UnitToUnitsHint(
+                        unitsHint = param->lv2UnitToUnitsHint(
                                 unitStr.remove(lilv_node_as_string(properties["unit_prefix"])));
                     }
                 } else { // Try to extract the custom unit symbol string
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ LV2Manifest::LV2Manifest(LilvWorld* world,
                         // Accepted custom units needs to be 'whitelisted' in
                         // EffectManifestParameter::lv2UnitToUnitsHint and added to
                         // EffectManifestParameter::unitsHintStringHash
-                        unitsHint = EffectManifestParameter::lv2UnitToUnitsHint(
+                        unitsHint = param->lv2UnitToUnitsHint(
                                 lilv_node_as_string(customUnit));
                         if (lv2ParamDebug &&
                                 unitsHint == EffectManifestParameter::UnitsHint::Unknown &&