diff --git a/src/lib/importers/github.ts b/src/lib/importers/github.ts
index 8cf4bf047..a08fb87b4 100644
--- a/src/lib/importers/github.ts
+++ b/src/lib/importers/github.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export default async function ({
 		applicationId
 	});
 	await asyncExecShell(
-		`GIT_SSH_COMMAND='ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' git clone --recursive --jobs 3 -q -b ${branch} https://x-access-token:${token}@${url}/${repository}.git ${workdir}/ && cd ${workdir} && GIT_SSH_COMMAND='ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' git lfs pull && cd .. `
+		`git clone -q -b ${branch} https://x-access-token:${token}@${url}/${repository}.git ${workdir}/ && cd ${workdir} && git submodule update --init --recursive && git lfs pull && cd .. `
 	);
 	const { stdout: commit } = await asyncExecShell(`cd ${workdir}/ && git rev-parse HEAD`);
 	return commit.replace('\n', '');
diff --git a/src/lib/importers/gitlab.ts b/src/lib/importers/gitlab.ts
index 9eccad5ab..966b22c96 100644
--- a/src/lib/importers/gitlab.ts
+++ b/src/lib/importers/gitlab.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export default async function ({
 	});
 
 	await asyncExecShell(
-		`GIT_SSH_COMMAND='ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' git clone --recursive --jobs 3 -q -b ${branch} git@${url}:${repository}.git --config core.sshCommand="ssh -q -i ${repodir}id.rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" ${workdir}/ && cd ${workdir}/ && GIT_SSH_COMMAND='ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' git lfs pull && cd .. `
+		`git clone -q -b ${branch} git@${url}:${repository}.git --config core.sshCommand="ssh -q -i ${repodir}id.rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" ${workdir}/ && cd ${workdir}/ && git submodule update --init --recursive && git lfs pull && cd .. `
 	);
 	const { stdout: commit } = await asyncExecShell(`cd ${workdir}/ && git rev-parse HEAD`);
 	return commit.replace('\n', '');