diff --git a/translations/handleAppstoreTranslations.sh b/translations/handleAppstoreTranslations.sh
index 139d09c2..7126d9fb 100755
--- a/translations/handleAppstoreTranslations.sh
+++ b/translations/handleAppstoreTranslations.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ gpg --allow-secret-key-import --import /gpg/nextcloud-bot.asc
 gpg --list-keys
 
 # fetch git repo
-git clone git@github.com:nextcloud/appstore /app
+git clone git@github.com:nextcloud/appstore /app --depth 1
 
 # install django
 pip3 install Django==1.9.8
diff --git a/translations/handleiOSNotesTranslations.sh b/translations/handleiOSNotesTranslations.sh
index 70391d6c..5bbb441d 100755
--- a/translations/handleiOSNotesTranslations.sh
+++ b/translations/handleiOSNotesTranslations.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ gpg --allow-secret-key-import --import /gpg/nextcloud-bot.asc
 gpg --list-keys
 
 # fetch git repo
-git clone git@github.com:nextcloud/notes-ios /app
+git clone git@github.com:nextcloud/notes-ios /app --depth 1
 
 # remove all translations (they are added afterwards anyways but allows to remove languages via transifex)
 rm -r Source/*.lproj/Localizable.strings
diff --git a/translations/handleiOSTranslations.sh b/translations/handleiOSTranslations.sh
index 9d88021d..c389067f 100755
--- a/translations/handleiOSTranslations.sh
+++ b/translations/handleiOSTranslations.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ gpg --allow-secret-key-import --import /gpg/nextcloud-bot.asc
 gpg --list-keys
 
 # fetch git repo
-git clone git@github.com:nextcloud/ios /app
+git clone git@github.com:nextcloud/ios /app --depth 1
 # Translation moved to master (default branch)
 # git checkout -b develop origin/develop
 cd iOSClient