diff --git a/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.toml
index add723fef..933fbdbda 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 [source]
 git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/rust.git"
 branch = "redox-2025-10-03"
-# due to heavy git operation, this will only clone once and will not refetch
-# if you want to refetch or changing the branch, please run `make ucr.rust`
 shallow_clone = true
 
 [build]
diff --git a/src/cook/fetch.rs b/src/cook/fetch.rs
index b04deec59..7b4f15a2a 100644
--- a/src/cook/fetch.rs
+++ b/src/cook/fetch.rs
@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ pub fn fetch(recipe_dir: &Path, recipe: &Recipe, logger: &PtyOut) -> Result<Path
             shallow_clone,
         }) => {
             //TODO: use libgit?
-            let shallow_clone = *shallow_clone == Some(true);
+            let shallow_clone = match shallow_clone {
+                Some(o) => *o,
+                None => rev.is_some(),
+            };
             if !source_dir.is_dir() {
                 // Create source.tmp
                 let source_dir_tmp = recipe_dir.join("source.tmp");
@@ -162,15 +165,16 @@ pub fn fetch(recipe_dir: &Path, recipe: &Recipe, logger: &PtyOut) -> Result<Path
                     command.arg("--branch").arg(branch);
                 }
                 if shallow_clone {
-                    command.arg("--depth").arg("1").arg("--shallow-submodules");
+                    command
+                        .arg("--filter=tree:0")
+                        .arg("--also-filter-submodules");
                 }
                 command.arg(&source_dir_tmp);
                 run_command(command, logger)?;
 
                 // Move source.tmp to source atomically
                 rename(&source_dir_tmp, &source_dir)?;
-            } else if !shallow_clone {
-                // Don't let this code reset the origin for the cookbook repo
+            } else {
                 let source_git_dir = source_dir.join(".git");
                 if !source_git_dir.is_dir() {
                     return Err(format!(
@@ -205,7 +209,14 @@ pub fn fetch(recipe_dir: &Path, recipe: &Recipe, logger: &PtyOut) -> Result<Path
                 command.arg("-C").arg(&source_dir);
                 command.arg("checkout").arg(rev);
                 run_command(command, logger)?;
-            } else if !shallow_clone && !is_redox() {
+            } else if !is_redox() {
+                //If patches exists, we have to drop it
+                if patches.len() > 0 {
+                    let mut command = Command::new("git");
+                    command.arg("-C").arg(&source_dir);
+                    command.arg("reset").arg("--hard");
+                    run_command(command, logger)?;
+                }
                 //TODO: complicated stuff to check and reset branch to origin
                 //TODO: redox can't undestand this (got exit status 1)
                 let mut command = Command::new("bash");
@@ -225,23 +236,25 @@ pub fn fetch(recipe_dir: &Path, recipe: &Recipe, logger: &PtyOut) -> Result<Path
                 run_command(command, logger)?;
             }
 
-            if !shallow_clone {
-                // Sync submodules URL
-                let mut command = Command::new("git");
-                command.arg("-C").arg(&source_dir);
-                command.arg("submodule").arg("sync").arg("--recursive");
-                run_command(command, logger)?;
+            // Sync submodules URL
+            let mut command = Command::new("git");
+            command.arg("-C").arg(&source_dir);
+            command.arg("submodule").arg("sync").arg("--recursive");
 
-                // Update submodules
-                let mut command = Command::new("git");
-                command.arg("-C").arg(&source_dir);
-                command
-                    .arg("submodule")
-                    .arg("update")
-                    .arg("--init")
-                    .arg("--recursive");
-                run_command(command, logger)?;
+            run_command(command, logger)?;
+
+            // Update submodules
+            let mut command = Command::new("git");
+            command.arg("-C").arg(&source_dir);
+            command
+                .arg("submodule")
+                .arg("update")
+                .arg("--init")
+                .arg("--recursive");
+            if shallow_clone {
+                command.arg("--filter=tree:0");
             }
+            run_command(command, logger)?;
 
             fetch_apply_patches(recipe_dir, patches, script, &source_dir, logger)?;
         }
diff --git a/src/recipe.rs b/src/recipe.rs
index 68e0b5d63..415fb3126 100644
--- a/src/recipe.rs
+++ b/src/recipe.rs
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ pub enum SourceRecipe {
         /// The optional revision of the git repository to use for builds. Please specify for
         /// reproducible builds
         rev: Option<String>,
-        /// The optional config to run as shallow fetch. Only use this for heavy git like "rust"
-        /// This will disable recipe autofetching because of its cost on git server
+        /// The optional config to clone with treeless clone. Default is true if "rev" added
         shallow_clone: Option<bool>,
         /// A list of patch files to apply to the source
         #[serde(default)]
@@ -449,12 +448,9 @@ mod tests {
             Recipe {
                 source: Some(SourceRecipe::Git {
                     git: "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/acid.git".to_string(),
-                    upstream: None,
                     branch: Some("master".to_string()),
                     rev: Some("06344744d3d55a5ac9a62a6059cb363d40699bbc".to_string()),
-                    patches: Vec::new(),
-                    script: None,
-                    shallow_clone: None,
+                    ..Default::default()
                 }),
                 build: BuildRecipe::new(BuildKind::Cargo {
                     package_path: None,