diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ca4ae866..f54d65e2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 [submodule "deps/phnt"]
 	path = deps/phnt
 	url = ../phnt.git
+	shallow = true
 [submodule "deps/reflect"]
 	path = deps/reflect
 	url = https://github.com/qlibs/reflect.git
+	shallow = true