diff --git a/modules/actions/reverse.js b/modules/actions/reverse.js
index 2ade4b61e..711cd4961 100644
--- a/modules/actions/reverse.js
+++ b/modules/actions/reverse.js
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ References:
 export function actionReverse(entityID, options) {
     var numeric = /^([+\-]?)(?=[\d.])/;
     var directionKey = /direction$/;
-    const keysToKeepUnchanged = [
-        // https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/10736
-        /^red_turn:(right|left)/
-    ];
     var keyReplacements = [
         [/:right$/, ':left'],
         [/:left$/, ':right'],
@@ -44,27 +40,26 @@ export function actionReverse(entityID, options) {
         forwards: 'backward',
         backwards: 'forward',
     };
-    // For some keys, values like left/right/... don't refer to way direction and thus
-    // should not be reversed.
-    //
-    // If a key matches the key regex and any of the provided context tag sets, it will
-    // not be reversed.
-    const keyValuesThatShouldNotBeReversed = [
-        [
-            /^.*(_|:)?(description|name|note|website|ref|source|comment|watch|attribution)(_|:)?/,
-            [{}]
-        ],
-        // https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/10128
-        [
-            /^side$/,
-            [{highway: 'cyclist_waiting_aid'}]
-        ],
-        // Turn lanes are left/right to key (not way) direction - #5674
-        [
-            /^turn:lanes:?/,
-            [{}]
-        ]
-
+    // For some tags, keys or values like left/right/… don't refer to
+    // way direction and thus should not be reversed.
+    const keysToKeepUnchanged = [
+        // https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/10736
+        /^red_turn:(right|left):?/
+    ];
+    // If a key matches the key regex and any of the provided context
+    // tag sets, it will not be reversed.
+    const keyValuesToKeepUnchanged = [{
+            keyRegex: /^.*(_|:)?(description|name|note|website|ref|source|comment|watch|attribution)(_|:)?/,
+            prerequisiteTags: [{}]
+        }, {
+            // Turn lanes are left/right to key (not way) direction - #5674
+            keyRegex: /^turn:lanes:?/,
+            prerequisiteTags: [{}]
+        }, {
+            // https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/10128
+            keyRegex: /^side$/,
+            prerequisiteTags: [{highway: 'cyclist_waiting_aid'}]
+        }
     ];
     var roleReplacements = {
         forward: 'backward',
@@ -113,10 +108,8 @@ export function actionReverse(entityID, options) {
 
 
     function reverseValue(key, value, includeAbsolute, allTags) {
-        for (let i = 0; i < keyValuesThatShouldNotBeReversed.length; i++) {
-            const keyRegex = keyValuesThatShouldNotBeReversed[i][0];
-            const tagContexts = keyValuesThatShouldNotBeReversed[i][1];
-            if (keyRegex.test(key) && tagContexts.some(expectedTags =>
+        for (let { keyRegex, prerequisiteTags } of keyValuesToKeepUnchanged) {
+            if (keyRegex.test(key) && prerequisiteTags.some(expectedTags =>
                 Object.entries(expectedTags).every(([k, v]) => {
                     return allTags[k] && (v === '*' || allTags[k] === v);
                 })