diff --git a/src/PluginManager.cpp b/src/PluginManager.cpp
index 18c20aac6..74f493748 100644
--- a/src/PluginManager.cpp
+++ b/src/PluginManager.cpp
@@ -1973,7 +1973,7 @@ void PluginManager::Load()
          // These particular config edits were originally written to fix Bug 1914.
          if (regver <= "1.0") {
             // Nyquist prompt is a built-in that has moved to the tools menu.
-            if (effectSymbol == "Nyquist Prompt") {
+            if (effectSymbol == NYQUIST_PROMPT_ID) {
                registry.Write(KEY_EFFECTTYPE, "Tool");
             // Old version of SDE was in Analyze menu.  Now it is in Tools.
             // We don't want both the old and the new.
diff --git a/src/PluginManager.h b/src/PluginManager.h
index 12a23d432..b9f87dc67 100644
--- a/src/PluginManager.h
+++ b/src/PluginManager.h
@@ -324,4 +324,11 @@ private:
    friend class PluginRegistrationDialog;
 };
 
+// Defining these special names in the low-level PluginManager.h
+// is unfortunate
+// Internal name should be stable across versions
+#define NYQUIST_PROMPT_ID wxT("Nyquist Prompt")
+// User-visible name might change in later versions
+#define NYQUIST_PROMPT_NAME XO("Nyquist Prompt")
+
 #endif /* __AUDACITY_PLUGINMANAGER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/effects/Effect.h b/src/effects/Effect.h
index 8eeb09a8d..4ac97f979 100644
--- a/src/effects/Effect.h
+++ b/src/effects/Effect.h
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ class WaveTrack;
  name into another alphabet.  */
 #define NYQUISTEFFECTS_FAMILY ( EffectFamilySymbol{ XO("Nyquist") } )
 
-#define NYQUIST_PROMPT_ID wxT("Nyquist Prompt")
 #define NYQUIST_WORKER_ID wxT("Nyquist Worker")
 
 // TODO:  Apr-06-2015
diff --git a/src/effects/EffectUI.cpp b/src/effects/EffectUI.cpp
index 2d2651f8d..6f380f15b 100644
--- a/src/effects/EffectUI.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/EffectUI.cpp
@@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@ wxDialog *EffectUI::DialogFactory( wxWindow &parent, EffectHostInterface *pHost,
             menuManager.mLastTool = ID;
             menuManager.mLastToolRegistration = MenuCreator::repeattypeplugin;
             menuManager.mRepeatToolFlags = EffectManager::kConfigured;
-            if (shortDesc == XO("Nyquist Prompt")) {
+            if (shortDesc == NYQUIST_PROMPT_NAME) {
                menuManager.mRepeatToolFlags = EffectManager::kRepeatNyquistPrompt;  //Nyquist Prompt is not configured
             }
             break;
diff --git a/src/effects/nyquist/LoadNyquist.cpp b/src/effects/nyquist/LoadNyquist.cpp
index 0a10e7f2c..8634f3626 100644
--- a/src/effects/nyquist/LoadNyquist.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/nyquist/LoadNyquist.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "Nyquist.h"
 
 #include "../../FileNames.h"
+#include "../../PluginManager.h"
 
 // ============================================================================
 // List of effects that ship with Audacity.  These will be autoregistered.
diff --git a/src/effects/nyquist/Nyquist.cpp b/src/effects/nyquist/Nyquist.cpp
index 46ab203a5..f670e405c 100644
--- a/src/effects/nyquist/Nyquist.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/nyquist/Nyquist.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ effects from this one class.
 #include "../../NoteTrack.h"
 #include "../../TimeTrack.h"
 #include "../../prefs/SpectrogramSettings.h"
+#include "../../PluginManager.h"
 #include "../../Project.h"
 #include "../../ProjectSettings.h"
 #include "../../ShuttleGetDefinition.h"
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ NyquistEffect::NyquistEffect(const wxString &fName)
 
    // Interactive Nyquist
    if (fName == NYQUIST_PROMPT_ID) {
-      mName = XO("Nyquist Prompt");
+      mName = NYQUIST_PROMPT_NAME;
       mType = EffectTypeTool;
       mIsTool = true;
       mPromptName = mName;
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ PluginPath NyquistEffect::GetPath()
 ComponentInterfaceSymbol NyquistEffect::GetSymbol()
 {
    if (mIsPrompt)
-      return XO("Nyquist Prompt");
+      return { NYQUIST_PROMPT_ID, NYQUIST_PROMPT_NAME };
 
    return mName;
 }
diff --git a/src/menus/PluginMenus.cpp b/src/menus/PluginMenus.cpp
index eb455834a..8eaeba3da 100644
--- a/src/menus/PluginMenus.cpp
+++ b/src/menus/PluginMenus.cpp
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ MenuTable::BaseItemPtrs PopulateEffectsMenu(
          && (plug->GetSymbol() !=
                ComponentInterfaceSymbol("Nyquist Effects Prompt"))
          && (plug->GetSymbol() != ComponentInterfaceSymbol("Nyquist Tools Prompt"))
-         && (plug->GetSymbol() != ComponentInterfaceSymbol("Nyquist Prompt"))
+         && (plug->GetSymbol() != ComponentInterfaceSymbol(NYQUIST_PROMPT_ID))
 #endif
          )
          defplugs.push_back(plug);