diff --git a/developer/bin/sync_templates_and_ci b/developer/bin/sync_templates_and_ci
index 628c365fe9e..67e8a6742c9 100755
--- a/developer/bin/sync_templates_and_ci
+++ b/developer/bin/sync_templates_and_ci
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function get_repo {
 
   cd "${repos_dir}" || exit 1
   message "Cloning ${repo_name}…"
-  git clone "${homebrew_online}/${repo_name}.git" --quiet
+  git clone "${homebrew_online}/${repo_name}.git" --quiet --depth=1
   cd "${repo_dir}" || exit 1
 }