diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ea62cf6..0474246 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [submodule "submodules/SDL_ttf"]
 	path = submodules/SDL_ttf
 	url = https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_ttf.git
+	shallow = true
 [submodule "submodules/SDL"]
 	path = submodules/SDL
 	url = https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL.git
+	shallow = true