diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/globals.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/globals.cpp
index 8e691d6067..eb54e95016 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/globals.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/globals.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 #include <components/esm3/esmreader.hpp>
 #include <components/esm3/esmwriter.hpp>
-#include <components/misc/strings/lower.hpp>
 
 #include "esmstore.hpp"
 
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
 {
     Globals::Collection::const_iterator Globals::find(std::string_view name) const
     {
-        Collection::const_iterator iter = mVariables.find(Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase(name));
+        Collection::const_iterator iter = mVariables.find(name);
 
         if (iter == mVariables.end())
             throw std::runtime_error("unknown global variable: " + std::string{ name });
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
     Globals::Collection::iterator Globals::find(std::string_view name)
     {
-        Collection::iterator iter = mVariables.find(Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase(name));
+        Collection::iterator iter = mVariables.find(name);
 
         if (iter == mVariables.end())
             throw std::runtime_error("unknown global variable: " + std::string{ name });
@@ -38,23 +37,23 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
         for (const ESM::Global& esmGlobal : globals)
         {
-            mVariables.insert(std::make_pair(Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase(esmGlobal.mId.getRefIdString()), esmGlobal));
+            mVariables.emplace(esmGlobal.mId.getRefIdString(), esmGlobal);
         }
     }
 
     const ESM::Variant& Globals::operator[](std::string_view name) const
     {
-        return find(Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase(name))->second.mValue;
+        return find(name)->second.mValue;
     }
 
     ESM::Variant& Globals::operator[](std::string_view name)
     {
-        return find(Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase(name))->second.mValue;
+        return find(name)->second.mValue;
     }
 
     char Globals::getType(std::string_view name) const
     {
-        Collection::const_iterator iter = mVariables.find(Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase(name));
+        Collection::const_iterator iter = mVariables.find(name);
 
         if (iter == mVariables.end())
             return ' ';
@@ -80,10 +79,10 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
     void Globals::write(ESM::ESMWriter& writer, Loading::Listener& progress) const
     {
-        for (Collection::const_iterator iter(mVariables.begin()); iter != mVariables.end(); ++iter)
+        for (const auto& variable : mVariables)
         {
             writer.startRecord(ESM::REC_GLOB);
-            iter->second.save(writer);
+            variable.second.save(writer);
             writer.endRecord(ESM::REC_GLOB);
         }
     }
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
             // Deleted globals can't appear there, so isDeleted will be ignored here.
             global.load(reader, isDeleted);
 
-            Collection::iterator iter = mVariables.find(Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase(global.mId.getRefIdString()));
+            Collection::iterator iter = mVariables.find(global.mId.getRefIdString());
             if (iter != mVariables.end())
                 iter->second = global;
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/globals.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/globals.hpp
index 337226ce8e..f94023a577 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/globals.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/globals.hpp
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 #ifndef GAME_MWWORLD_GLOBALS_H
 #define GAME_MWWORLD_GLOBALS_H
 
-#include <map>
 #include <string>
+#include <unordered_map>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include <cstdint>
 
 #include <components/esm3/loadglob.hpp>
+#include <components/misc/strings/algorithm.hpp>
 
 namespace ESM
 {
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ namespace MWWorld
     class Globals
     {
     private:
-        typedef std::map<std::string, ESM::Global> Collection;
+        using Collection
+            = std::unordered_map<std::string, ESM::Global, Misc::StringUtils::CiHash, Misc::StringUtils::CiEqual>;
 
         Collection mVariables; // type, value