diff --git a/include/download.mk b/include/download.mk
index b8e0af4f9f..769f45669e 100644
--- a/include/download.mk
+++ b/include/download.mk
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ define DownloadMethod/rawgit
 	[ \! -d $(SUBDIR) ] && \
 	git clone --filter=blob:none $(OPTS) $(URL) $(SUBDIR) && \
 	(cd $(SUBDIR) && git checkout $(VERSION) && \
-	git submodule update --init --recursive --filter=blob:none) && \
+	git submodule update --init --recursive) && \
 	echo "Packing checkout..." && \
 	export TAR_TIMESTAMP=`cd $(SUBDIR) && git log -1 --format='@%ct'` && \
 	rm -rf $(SUBDIR)/.git && \
diff --git a/scripts/feeds b/scripts/feeds
index 51b76ef636..4c2427cff3 100755
--- a/scripts/feeds
+++ b/scripts/feeds
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ my %update_method = (
 		'init_commit'   => "git clone '%s' '%s' && cd '%s' && git checkout -b '%s' '%s' && cd -",
 		'update'	=> "git pull --ff-only",
 		'update_force'	=> "git pull --ff-only || (git reset --hard HEAD; git pull --ff-only; exit 1)",
-		'post_update'	=> "git submodule update --init --recursive --filter=blob:none",
+		'post_update'	=> "git submodule update --init --recursive",
 		'controldir'	=> ".git",
 		'revision'	=> "git rev-parse --short HEAD | tr -d '\n'"},
 	'src-git-full' => {
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ my %update_method = (
 		'init_commit'   => "git clone --filter=blob:none '%s' '%s' && cd '%s' && git checkout -b '%s' '%s' && cd -",
 		'update'	=> "git pull --ff-only",
 		'update_force'	=> "git pull --ff-only || (git reset --hard HEAD; git pull --ff-only; exit 1)",
-		'post_update'	=> "git submodule update --init --recursive --filter=blob:none",
+		'post_update'	=> "git submodule update --init --recursive",
 		'controldir'	=> ".git",
 		'revision'	=> "git rev-parse --short HEAD | tr -d '\n'"},
 	'src-gitsvn' => {