diff --git a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/scripts/update_lbry.sh b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/scripts/update_lbry.sh
index 6ae5fefee..291dfb3ba 100644
--- a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/scripts/update_lbry.sh
+++ b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/scripts/update_lbry.sh
@@ -13,13 +13,11 @@ if [ -d "$lbrycrd_directory" ]; then
 	fi
 fi
 
-echo "Updating LBRY"
-
 tmp=$(mktemp -d)
 cd $tmp
 
-echo "Downloading update"
-git clone https://github.com/jackrobison/lbrynet-app.git &>/dev/null
+echo "Downloading LBRY update"
+git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jackrobison/lbrynet-app.git &>/dev/null
 cd lbrynet-app
 unzip LBRY.app.zip &>/dev/null
 unzip LBRYURIHandler.app.zip &>/dev/null
diff --git a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/scripts/update_lbrynet.sh b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/scripts/update_lbrynet.sh
index 1cf48f540..ad418f04d 100644
--- a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/scripts/update_lbrynet.sh
+++ b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/scripts/update_lbrynet.sh
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ fi
 tmp=$(mktemp -d)
 cd $tmp
 
-echo "Downloading update"
+echo "Downloading LBRYnet update"
 
-git clone https://github.com/lbryio/lbry.git &>/dev/null
+git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lbryio/lbry.git &>/dev/null
 cd lbry
 
-echo "Updating lbrynet"
+echo "Updating LBRYnet"
 sudo python setup.py install &>/dev/null
 mkdir -p "$lbrynet_directory"
 echo $current_version > "${lbrynet_directory}/lbrynet_version.txt"