diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/objectpaging.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/objectpaging.cpp
index db81027d9b..b23f079888 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/objectpaging.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/objectpaging.cpp
@@ -510,8 +510,8 @@ namespace MWRender
                     continue;
             }
 
-            if (ref.mRefID == "prisonmarker" || ref.mRefID == "divinemarker" || ref.mRefID == "templemarker" || ref.mRefID == "northmarker")
-                continue; // marker objects that have a hardcoded function in the game logic, should be hidden from the player
+            if (Misc::ResourceHelpers::isHiddenMarker(ref.mRefID))
+                continue;
 
             int type = store.findStatic(ref.mRefID);
             std::string model = getModel(type, ref.mRefID, store);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
index 3de4940a37..d1b06131b9 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
@@ -94,14 +94,12 @@ namespace
 
     std::string getModel(const MWWorld::Ptr &ptr, const VFS::Manager *vfs)
     {
+        if (Misc::ResourceHelpers::isHiddenMarker(ptr.getCellRef().getRefId()))
+            return {};
         bool useAnim = ptr.getClass().useAnim();
         std::string model = ptr.getClass().getModel(ptr);
         if (useAnim)
             model = Misc::ResourceHelpers::correctActorModelPath(model, vfs);
-
-        const std::string &id = ptr.getCellRef().getRefId();
-        if (id == "prisonmarker" || id == "divinemarker" || id == "templemarker" || id == "northmarker")
-            model = ""; // marker objects that have a hardcoded function in the game logic, should be hidden from the player
         return model;
     }
 
diff --git a/components/misc/resourcehelpers.cpp b/components/misc/resourcehelpers.cpp
index 5cf4378b85..4d54baafc6 100644
--- a/components/misc/resourcehelpers.cpp
+++ b/components/misc/resourcehelpers.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "resourcehelpers.hpp"
 
 #include <sstream>
+#include <string_view>
 
 #include <components/misc/stringops.hpp>
 
@@ -138,3 +139,8 @@ std::string Misc::ResourceHelpers::correctActorModelPath(const std::string &resP
     }
     return mdlname;
 }
+
+bool Misc::ResourceHelpers::isHiddenMarker(std::string_view id)
+{
+    return id == "prisonmarker" || id == "divinemarker" || id == "templemarker" || id == "northmarker";
+}
diff --git a/components/misc/resourcehelpers.hpp b/components/misc/resourcehelpers.hpp
index fa50cce228..9e87954e9d 100644
--- a/components/misc/resourcehelpers.hpp
+++ b/components/misc/resourcehelpers.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define MISC_RESOURCEHELPERS_H
 
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 
 namespace VFS
 {
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ namespace Misc
         std::string correctBookartPath(const std::string &resPath, int width, int height, const VFS::Manager* vfs);
         /// Use "xfoo.nif" instead of "foo.nif" if available
         std::string correctActorModelPath(const std::string &resPath, const VFS::Manager* vfs);
+
+        /// marker objects that have a hardcoded function in the game logic, should be hidden from the player
+        bool isHiddenMarker(std::string_view id);
     }
 }