diff --git a/tools/mkpkg/update_retroplayer-addons b/tools/mkpkg/update_retroplayer-addons
index 8e6eb52e50..9c00276a46 100755
--- a/tools/mkpkg/update_retroplayer-addons
+++ b/tools/mkpkg/update_retroplayer-addons
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ git_clone() {
   # git_clone https://repo.url branch ./target_dir [githash]
   echo "[mkpkg] Checking out $1 ..."
   if [ ! -d "$3" ]; then
-    git clone --recursive "$1" -b $2 "$3"
+    git clone --single-branch --depth=1 --recursive "$1" -b $2 "$3"
   else
     if [ -d "$3" ] ; then
       cd "$3"