diff --git a/recipes/wip/rs/uutils-diffutils/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/rs/uutils-diffutils/recipe.toml
index f6edab13e..aba854446 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/rs/uutils-diffutils/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/rs/uutils-diffutils/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #TODO not compiled or tested
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/uutils/diffutils"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "cargo"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/rs/uutils-findutils/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/rs/uutils-findutils/recipe.toml
index 41790eb6b..841104506 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/rs/uutils-findutils/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/rs/uutils-findutils/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #TODO not compiled or tested
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/uutils/findutils"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "cargo"