diff --git a/examples/examples_v2/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/examples_v2/CMakeLists.txt
index 8bf707c1b3f..cefb74894ae 100644
--- a/examples/examples_v2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/examples_v2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 # Check which interfaces are turned on
 # Add CMakeLists file for each turned on interface
 
-# Generate type list
-#execute_process(COMMAND sh ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/generator/types/get_type_list.sh > ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/generator/types/typelist)
 
 # Check if PLY is installed
 find_package(PLY)
@@ -12,6 +10,10 @@ IF(NOT PLY_FOUND)
     message(WARNING "Python module PLY was not found. This may cause example generation to be very slow.")
 ENDIF()
 
+# Disabled (temporary) as non-portable solution. This is replaced by allowing any [a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]* as shogun keyword
+# Generate type list
+# execute_process(COMMAND sh ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/generator/types/get_type_list.sh > ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/generator/types/typelist)
+
 # Run example generation script
 add_custom_target(shogun_meta_examples
     COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
diff --git a/examples/examples_v2/generator/parse.py b/examples/examples_v2/generator/parse.py
index ccbdc10188f..863b58b981c 100644
--- a/examples/examples_v2/generator/parse.py
+++ b/examples/examples_v2/generator/parse.py
@@ -26,12 +26,15 @@ def parse(self, programString, filePath="Unknown"):
     def shogunType(self):
         basepath = os.path.dirname(__file__)
         type = self.pp.Forward()
-        with open(os.path.join(basepath,"types/typelist"), "r") as typelist:
-            for line in typelist:
-                # Make sure the line is not an empty string
-                if line.replace('\n', '') != '':
-                    type = type ^ self.pp.Literal(line.replace('\n', ''))
 
+        # This is probably a temporary solution, we treat any [a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]* as valid shogun keyword
+        type = type ^ self.pp.Word(self.pp.srange("[a-zA-Z_]"), self.pp.srange("[a-zA-Z0-9_]"))
+
+        # with open(os.path.join(basepath,"types/typelist"), "r") as typelist:
+        #     for line in typelist:
+        #         # Make sure the line is not an empty string
+        #         if line.replace('\n', '') != '':
+        #             type = type ^ self.pp.Literal(line.replace('\n', ''))
         return type
 
     def grammar(self):
@@ -426,4 +429,4 @@ def parse(programString, filePath):
     # Parse input and print json output
     program = parse(programString, filePath)
 
-    print json.dumps(program, indent=indentWidth)
\ No newline at end of file
+    print json.dumps(program, indent=indentWidth)