diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/gstaudiovisualizer.c b/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/gstaudiovisualizer.c
index 8d43c2d2cb..39b6b8adf0 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/gstaudiovisualizer.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/gstaudiovisualizer.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <gst/video/gstvideopool.h>
 
 #include "gstaudiovisualizer.h"
+#include "pbutils-enumtypes.h"
 
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (audio_visualizer_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT (audio_visualizer_debug)
@@ -137,41 +138,6 @@ struct _GstAudioVisualizerPrivate
 
 /* shading functions */
 
-#define GST_TYPE_AUDIO_VISUALIZER_SHADER (gst_audio_visualizer_shader_get_type())
-static GType
-gst_audio_visualizer_shader_get_type (void)
-{
-  static GType shader_type = 0;
-  static const GEnumValue shaders[] = {
-    {GST_AUDIO_VISUALIZER_SHADER_NONE, "None", "none"},
-    {GST_AUDIO_VISUALIZER_SHADER_FADE, "Fade", "fade"},
-    {GST_AUDIO_VISUALIZER_SHADER_FADE_AND_MOVE_UP, "Fade and move up",
-        "fade-and-move-up"},
-    {GST_AUDIO_VISUALIZER_SHADER_FADE_AND_MOVE_DOWN, "Fade and move down",
-        "fade-and-move-down"},
-    {GST_AUDIO_VISUALIZER_SHADER_FADE_AND_MOVE_LEFT, "Fade and move left",
-        "fade-and-move-left"},
-    {GST_AUDIO_VISUALIZER_SHADER_FADE_AND_MOVE_RIGHT,
-          "Fade and move right",
-        "fade-and-move-right"},
-    {GST_AUDIO_VISUALIZER_SHADER_FADE_AND_MOVE_HORIZ_OUT,
-        "Fade and move horizontally out", "fade-and-move-horiz-out"},
-    {GST_AUDIO_VISUALIZER_SHADER_FADE_AND_MOVE_HORIZ_IN,
-        "Fade and move horizontally in", "fade-and-move-horiz-in"},
-    {GST_AUDIO_VISUALIZER_SHADER_FADE_AND_MOVE_VERT_OUT,
-        "Fade and move vertically out", "fade-and-move-vert-out"},
-    {GST_AUDIO_VISUALIZER_SHADER_FADE_AND_MOVE_VERT_IN,
-        "Fade and move vertically in", "fade-and-move-vert-in"},
-    {0, NULL, NULL},
-  };
-
-  if (G_UNLIKELY (shader_type == 0)) {
-    /* TODO: rename when exporting it as a library */
-    shader_type = g_enum_register_static ("GstAudioVisualizerShader", shaders);
-  }
-  return shader_type;
-}
-
 /* we're only supporting GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_xRGB right now) */
 #if G_BYTE_ORDER == G_LITTLE_ENDIAN