diff --git a/configs/slpkg.toml b/configs/slpkg.toml
index f995ce6e..1b0ca8f7 100644
--- a/configs/slpkg.toml
+++ b/configs/slpkg.toml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ LFTP_MIRROR_OPTIONS = "-c mirror --parallel=100 --only-newer --delete"
 # Instead of the lftp command to synchronize the Slackbuilds repositories
 # (sbo and ponce) you can use the git clone command, after you have also
 # changed the mirror in the repositories.toml file.
-GIT_CLONE = "git clone"
+GIT_CLONE = "git clone --depth 1"
 
 # Python urllib3 settings used for checking between two changelog files.
 # Timeouts allow you to control how long (in seconds) requests are allowed