diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index a725129..ae15272 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ kind: pipeline
 name: gluon-build
 
 clone:
-  recursive: true
+  depth: 50
 
 steps:
 - name: submodules
   image: docker:git
   commands:
   - git submodule update --recursive --remote
-  
+
 - name: build-ar71xx-generic
   image: hoffmannhosting/gluon-builder
   commands: