diff --git a/src/backends/sage/CMakeLists.txt b/src/backends/sage/CMakeLists.txt
index 6be4fe0a..2742709d 100644
--- a/src/backends/sage/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/backends/sage/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,32 +1,31 @@
 set( SageBackend_SRCS
  sagebackend.cpp
  sagesession.cpp
  sageexpression.cpp
  sageextensions.cpp
  sagekeywords.cpp
  sagehighlighter.cpp
  sagecompletionobject.cpp
 )
 
 kconfig_add_kcfg_files(SageBackend_SRCS settings.kcfgc)
 install(FILES sagebackend.kcfg DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_KCFGDIR})
 
 ki18n_wrap_ui(SageBackend_SRCS settings.ui)
 
 add_backend(sagebackend ${SageBackend_SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries( cantor_sagebackend KF5::Pty)
 
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
   add_executable( testsage testsage.cpp)
   target_link_libraries( testsage
     ${QT_QTTEST_LIBRARY}
     cantorlibs
     cantortest
   )
 
   add_test(NAME testsage COMMAND testsage)
 endif()
 
-install( FILES cantor_sage.knsrc  DESTINATION  ${KDE_INSTALL_CONFDIR} )
-install( FILES keywords.xml DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/cantor/sagebackend)
+install(FILES cantor_sage.knsrc  DESTINATION  ${KDE_INSTALL_CONFDIR})
diff --git a/src/backends/sage/keywords.xml b/src/backends/sage/keywords.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 04725e3f..00000000
--- a/src/backends/sage/keywords.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<sage>
-  <keywords>
-    <word>and</word>
-    <word>del</word>
-    <word>from</word>
-    <word>not</word>
-    <word>while</word>
-    <word>as</word>
-    <word>elif</word>
-    <word>global</word>
-    <word>or</word>
-    <word>with</word>
-    <word>assert</word>
-    <word>else</word>
-    <word>if</word>
-    <word>pass</word>
-    <word>yield</word>
-    <word>break</word>
-    <word>except</word>
-    <word>import</word>
-    <word>print</word>
-    <word>class</word>
-    <word>exec</word>
-    <word>in</word>
-    <word>raise</word>
-    <word>continue</word>
-    <word>finally</word>
-    <word>is</word>
-    <word>return</word>
-    <word>def</word>
-    <word>for</word>
-    <word>lambda</word>
-    <word>try</word>
-  </keywords>
-</sage>
diff --git a/src/backends/sage/sagekeywords.cpp b/src/backends/sage/sagekeywords.cpp
index 1b3fc723..2765a736 100644
--- a/src/backends/sage/sagekeywords.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/sage/sagekeywords.cpp
@@ -1,98 +1,62 @@
 /*
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
     as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
     of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
     GNU General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
     along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
     Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
     Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
     ---
     Copyright (C) 2012 Martin Kuettler <martin.kuettler@gmail.com>
  */
 #include "sagekeywords.h"
 
-#include <QStandardPaths>
-#include <QFile>
-#include <QXmlStreamReader>
-#include <QtAlgorithms>
-
 #include <QDebug>
 
 SageKeywords::SageKeywords()
 {
 
 }
 
 SageKeywords::~SageKeywords()
 {
 
 }
 
 SageKeywords* SageKeywords::instance()
 {
     static SageKeywords* inst=0;
     if(inst==0)
     {
-        inst=new SageKeywords();
-        inst->loadFromFile();
-	qSort(inst->m_keywords);
+        inst = new SageKeywords();
+        inst->loadKeywords();
     }
 
     return inst;
 }
 
-void SageKeywords::loadFromFile()
+void SageKeywords::loadKeywords()
 {
-    //load the known keywords from an xml file
-    QFile file(QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QLatin1String("cantor/sagebackend/keywords.xml")));
-
-    if(!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
-    {
-        qDebug()<<"error opening keywords.xml file. highlighting and completion won't work";
-        return;
-    }
-
-    QXmlStreamReader xml(&file);
-
-    xml.readNextStartElement();
-    while(xml.readNextStartElement())
-    {
-        const QStringRef name=xml.name();
-
-        if(name==QLatin1String("keywords"))
-        {
-            while(xml.readNextStartElement())
-            {
-                Q_ASSERT(xml.isStartElement() && xml.name() == QLatin1String("word"));
-
-                const QString text=xml.readElementText();
-
-		m_keywords<<text;
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            xml.skipCurrentElement();
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (xml.hasError())
-    {
-        qDebug()<<"error parsing element";
-        qDebug()<<"error: "<<xml.errorString();
-    }
-
+    // Put the keywords list in alphabetical order
+    m_keywords << QLatin1String("and") << QLatin1String("as") << QLatin1String("assert") << QLatin1String("break")
+               << QLatin1String("class") << QLatin1String("continue") << QLatin1String("def") << QLatin1String("del")
+               << QLatin1String("elif") << QLatin1String("else") << QLatin1String("except") << QLatin1String("exec")
+               << QLatin1String("finally") << QLatin1String("for") << QLatin1String("from") << QLatin1String("global")
+               << QLatin1String("if") << QLatin1String("import") << QLatin1String("in") << QLatin1String("is")
+               << QLatin1String("lambda") << QLatin1String("not") << QLatin1String("or") << QLatin1String("pass")
+               << QLatin1String("print") << QLatin1String("raise") << QLatin1String("return") << QLatin1String("try")
+               << QLatin1String("while") << QLatin1String("with") << QLatin1String("yield");
 }
 
 const QStringList& SageKeywords::keywords() const
 {
     return m_keywords;
 }
diff --git a/src/backends/sage/sagekeywords.h b/src/backends/sage/sagekeywords.h
index 381dbfd4..bda807cf 100644
--- a/src/backends/sage/sagekeywords.h
+++ b/src/backends/sage/sagekeywords.h
@@ -1,51 +1,52 @@
 /*
     Copyright 2012  Martin Kuettler <martin.kuettler@gmail.com>
 
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
     the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version
     accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved
     by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy 
     defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.
 
     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
     GNU General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
     along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
 #ifndef _SAGEKEYWORDS_H
 #define _SAGEKEYWORDS_H
 
 #include <QStringList>
 
 /**
   Class to store all Sage keywords (i.e. Python keywords)
   It is similar to MaximaKeywords or ScilabKeywords, but for Sage we only
   need to store actual keywords, as variables and functions can be fetched from
   the backend.
  */
 
 class SageKeywords
 {
 private:
     SageKeywords();
     ~SageKeywords();
+
 public:
     static SageKeywords* instance();
 
     const QStringList& keywords() const;
     //const QStringList& functions() const;
     //const QStringList& variables() const;
 
   private:
-    void loadFromFile();
+    void loadKeywords();
 
     QStringList m_keywords;
 };
 
 #endif /* _SAGEKEYWORDS_H */