diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 51ace0f41..9c5ac2d51 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,16 +19,12 @@
 [submodule "depends/xlsxio"]
 	path = depends/xlsxio
 	url = ../../DFHack/xlsxio.git
-	shallow = true
 [submodule "depends/libzip"]
 	path = depends/libzip
 	url = ../../DFHack/libzip.git
-	shallow = true
 [submodule "depends/libexpat"]
 	path = depends/libexpat
 	url = ../../DFHack/libexpat.git
-	shallow = true
 [submodule "depends/luacov"]
 	path = depends/luacov
 	url = ../../DFHack/luacov.git
-	shallow = true