diff --git a/src/normal.cc b/src/normal.cc
index 7a6cc6dd4..bfdfcf654 100644
--- a/src/normal.cc
+++ b/src/normal.cc
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ void move(Context& context, NormalParams params)
     selections.sort_and_merge_overlapping();
 }
 
-KeyMap keymap =
+static NormalCmdDesc cmds[] =
 {
     { 'h', "move left", move<CharCount, Backward> },
     { 'j', "move down", move<LineCount, Forward> },
@@ -1515,4 +1515,6 @@ KeyMap keymap =
     { Key::PageDown, "scroll one page down", scroll<Key::PageDown> },
 };
 
+KeyMap keymap = cmds;
+
 }
diff --git a/src/normal.hh b/src/normal.hh
index 4a4534157..96cf1457d 100644
--- a/src/normal.hh
+++ b/src/normal.hh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef normal_hh_INCLUDED
 #define normal_hh_INCLUDED
 
+#include "array_view.hh"
 #include "keys.hh"
-#include "unordered_map.hh"
 #include "string.hh"
 
 namespace Kakoune
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ struct NormalCmdDesc
     void (*func)(Context& context, NormalParams params);
 };
 
-using KeyMap = Vector<NormalCmdDesc>;
+using KeyMap = const ArrayView<NormalCmdDesc>;
 extern KeyMap keymap;
 
 }