diff --git a/lib/filter.js b/lib/filter.js
index 7a60616..c9a165d 100644
--- a/lib/filter.js
+++ b/lib/filter.js
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ export default function filter({t: key, c: value}, format, meta) {
 
   const imageValue = utils.isFigure(key, value) ? value[0]['c'] : value;
   // https://hackage.haskell.org/package/pandoc-types-1.22.2.1/docs/Text-Pandoc-Definition.html#t:Inline
-  let [[id, classes, keyvals], caption, [fname, title]] = imageValue;
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars */
+  const [[id, classes, keyvals], caption, [fname, title]] = imageValue;
 
   // If image is not an SVG or if it has class 'ignore', return.
   if (!utils.isSVG(fname) || classes.includes('ignore')) {
@@ -48,38 +49,11 @@ export default function filter({t: key, c: value}, format, meta) {
 
   // Load SVG, then load the SVG's DOM using jsdom.
   let svgString = utils.loadSVG(fname);
-  if (!svgString) {
-    return;
-  }
+  if (!svgString) return;
   const svgDOM = utils.createDOM(svgString);
 
-  // Resize SVG?
-  const dimKeyvals = [];
-  keyvals = keyvals.filter( ([key, val]) => {
-    if (key === 'width' || key === 'height') {
-      dimKeyvals.push([key, val]);
-      return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-  });
-  if (dimKeyvals.length !== 0) {
-    const dimObj = Object.fromEntries(dimKeyvals);
-    resize(svgDOM, dimObj);
-  } else {
-    if (!classes.includes('keep-size')) {
-      let scaleFactor;
-      keyvals = keyvals.filter( ([key, val]) => {
-        if (key === 'scale-factor') {
-          scaleFactor = val;
-          return false;
-        }
-        return true;
-      });
-      resize(svgDOM, {scaleFactor: scaleFactor});
-    } else {
-      classes.splice(classes.indexOf('keep-size'), 1);
-    }
-  }
+  // Resize SVG. Convert keyvals to more convenient object representation.
+  resize(svgDOM, classes, utils.fromEntries(keyvals));
 
   if (format === 'html') {
     // Optimize SVG. This needs to be done before text2foreignObject is called,
diff --git a/lib/resize.js b/lib/resize.js
index 900a942..1aab41a 100644
--- a/lib/resize.js
+++ b/lib/resize.js
@@ -3,19 +3,22 @@
 import {round} from './utils.js';
 
 /**
- * Resize SVG `width` and `height` units to `em`. No unit implies `px`.
- * If `dimObject` contains `width` or `height`, apply those values instead,
- * maintaining aspect ratio. If the SVG is already sized in relative units,
- * only apply `scaleFactor`.
+ * Resize SVG `width` and `height` units to `em`. No unit implies `px`. If
+ * `attrs` contains keys `width` or `height`, apply the corresponding values
+ * instead, maintaining aspect ratio. If the SVG is already sized in relative
+ * units, only apply `scaleFactor`.
  * @param {object} svgDOM - SVG DOM
- * @param {object} dimObj - Object containing information for dimensioning
+ * @param {array} classes - Class list
+ * @param {object} attrs - Object containing information for dimensioning
  */
-export default function resize(svgDOM, dimObj) {
-  let {scaleFactor, width, height} = dimObj;
+export default function resize(svgDOM, classes, attrs) {
+  let {'scale-factor': scaleFactor, width, height} = attrs;
 
-  if (typeof scaleFactor === 'undefined') {
-    scaleFactor = 1;
-  }
+  // If class `keep-size` is set, and neither width nor height have been
+  // supplied, don't resize SVG.
+  if (classes.includes('keep-size') && !width && !height) return;
+
+  if (typeof scaleFactor === 'undefined') scaleFactor = 1;
 
   const dimRegex = /^(?<val>[\d\.]+)(?<unit>[^\d\.]*)$/;
 
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 34d74a5..8e91bd5 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -148,6 +148,20 @@ export function round(number) {
   return parseFloat(number.toPrecision(10));
 }
 
+/**
+ * Convert keyvals to JS object.
+ * @param {array} keyvals - Array of key-value pairs
+ * @return {object} - Corresponding object
+ */
+export function fromEntries(keyvals) {
+  // When only one pair of keyvals is provided, for some reason pandoc creates
+  // an array ['key', 'val'] rather than [['key', 'val']].
+  if (keyvals.length === 2 && typeof keyvals[0] === 'string') {
+    keyvals = [keyvals];
+  }
+  return Object.fromEntries(keyvals);
+}
+
 /**
  * Flatten children of passed DOM element, by replacing child elements with
  * their content.
diff --git a/tests/test.js b/tests/test.js
index 18abadd..f552ea8 100644
--- a/tests/test.js
+++ b/tests/test.js
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ describe('resize', () => {
   beforeEach( () => svgDOM = utils.createDOM(svg));
 
   it('converts units to `em`', () => {
-    resize(svgDOM, {});
+    resize(svgDOM, [], {});
     const widthPX = utils.round(widthMM * 0.1 * 37.8);
     const heightPX = utils.round(heightMM * 0.1 * 37.8);
     expect(svgDOM.querySelector('svg').getAttribute('width'))
@@ -250,21 +250,21 @@ describe('resize', () => {
   });
 
   it('applies width', () => {
-    resize(svgDOM, {width: '1.5in'});
+    resize(svgDOM, [], {width: '1.5in'});
     expect(svgDOM.querySelector('svg').getAttribute('width')).toEqual('1.5in');
     expect(svgDOM.querySelector('svg').getAttribute('height'))
         .toEqual(utils.round(1.5 / aspectRatio) + 'in');
   });
 
   it('applies height', () => {
-    resize(svgDOM, {height: '1.5in'});
+    resize(svgDOM, [], {height: '1.5in'});
     expect(svgDOM.querySelector('svg').getAttribute('width'))
         .toEqual(utils.round(1.5 * aspectRatio) + 'in');
     expect(svgDOM.querySelector('svg').getAttribute('height')).toEqual('1.5in');
   });
 
   it('applies width and height', () => {
-    resize(svgDOM, {width: '1inch', height: '2inch'});
+    resize(svgDOM, [], {width: '1inch', height: '2inch'});
     expect(svgDOM.querySelector('svg').getAttribute('width')).toEqual('1in');
     expect(svgDOM.querySelector('svg').getAttribute('height')).toEqual('2in');
   });
@@ -272,12 +272,12 @@ describe('resize', () => {
   it('excludes SVGs with mixed relative/absolute units', () => {
     const svg = '<svg width="50%" height="50mm"></svg>';
     const svgDOM = utils.createDOM(svg);
-    resize(svgDOM, {});
+    resize(svgDOM, [], {});
     expect(svgDOM.querySelector('svg').outerHTML).toEqual(svg);
   });
 
   it('leaves SVG unmodified when given invalid height/width', () => {
-    resize(svgDOM, {height: "50ducks"});
+    resize(svgDOM, [], {height: "50ducks"});
     expect(svgDOM.querySelector('svg').outerHTML).toEqual(svg);
   });
 });