diff --git a/include/download.mk b/include/download.mk
index 99a3e0140d..45c6f43944 100644
--- a/include/download.mk
+++ b/include/download.mk
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ define DownloadMethod/rawgit
 	cd $(TMP_DIR)/dl && \
 	rm -rf $(SUBDIR) && \
 	[ \! -d $(SUBDIR) ] && \
-	git clone $(OPTS) $(URL) $(SUBDIR) && \
+	git clone --filter=blob:none $(OPTS) $(URL) $(SUBDIR) && \
 	(cd $(SUBDIR) && git checkout $(VERSION) && \
-	git submodule update --init --recursive) && \
+	git submodule update --init --recursive --filter=blob:none) && \
 	echo "Packing checkout..." && \
 	export TAR_TIMESTAMP=`cd $(SUBDIR) && git log -1 --format='@%ct'` && \
 	rm -rf $(SUBDIR)/.git && \
diff --git a/scripts/feeds b/scripts/feeds
index 499354391b..e972a7d654 100755
--- a/scripts/feeds
+++ b/scripts/feeds
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ my %update_method = (
 		'controldir'	=> ".git",
 		'revision'	=> "git rev-parse --short HEAD | tr -d '\n'"},
 	'src-git-full' => {
-		'init'          => "git clone '%s' '%s'",
-		'init_branch'   => "git clone --branch '%s' '%s' '%s'",
-		'init_commit'   => "git clone '%s' '%s' && cd '%s' && git checkout -b '%s' '%s' && cd -",
+		'init'          => "git clone --filter=blob:none '%s' '%s'",
+		'init_branch'   => "git clone --filter=blob:none --branch '%s' '%s' '%s'",
+		'init_commit'   => "git clone --filter=blob:none '%s' '%s' && cd '%s' && git checkout -b '%s' '%s' && cd -",
 		'update'	=> "git pull --ff-only",
 		'update_force'	=> "git pull --ff-only || (git reset --hard HEAD; git pull --ff-only; exit 1)",
 		'post_update'	=> "git submodule update --init --recursive",