diff --git a/scripts/feeds b/scripts/feeds
index 0ff6765814..959995c7af 100755
--- a/scripts/feeds
+++ b/scripts/feeds
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ my %update_method = (
 		'update_rebase'	=> "git pull --rebase=merges",
 		'update_stash'	=> "git pull --rebase=merges --autostash",
 		'update_force'	=> "git pull --ff-only || (git reset --hard HEAD; git pull --ff-only; exit 1)",
-		'post_update'	=> "git submodule update --init --recursive",
+		'post_update'	=> "git submodule update --init --recursive --depth 1",
 		'controldir'	=> ".git",
 		'revision'	=> "git rev-parse HEAD | tr -d '\n'"},
 	'src-git-full' => {