diff --git a/scripts/feeds b/scripts/feeds
index 4c2427cff3..51b76ef636 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",
+		'post_update'	=> "git submodule update --init --recursive --filter=blob:none",
 		'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",
+		'post_update'	=> "git submodule update --init --recursive --filter=blob:none",
 		'controldir'	=> ".git",
 		'revision'	=> "git rev-parse --short HEAD | tr -d '\n'"},
 	'src-gitsvn' => {