diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index fde0c20f8..e799562e2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [submodule "public/amtl"]
 	path = public/amtl
 	url = https://github.com/alliedmodders/amtl
+	shallow = true
 [submodule "sourcepawn"]
 	path = sourcepawn
 	url = https://github.com/alliedmodders/sourcepawn
+	shallow = true