diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b93ea9fd7..b2f9f268d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -31,4 +31,3 @@
 [submodule "depends/luacov"]
 	path = depends/luacov
 	url = ../../keplerproject/luacov.git
-	shallow = true
diff --git a/depends/luacov b/depends/luacov
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..009ab719c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/luacov
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 009ab719cd1e5d57504ba2d5caa60058e90d0900