diff --git a/krebs/krops.nix b/krebs/krops.nix
index 608e46df1..5e5a3d5e7 100644
--- a/krebs/krops.nix
+++ b/krebs/krops.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
       git = {
         ref = (lib.importJSON ./nixpkgs.json).rev;
         url = https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs;
+        shallow = true;
       };
     };
     stockholm.file = toString ../.;