diff --git a/dist/remote-builder/cloneNoLFS.sh b/dist/remote-builder/cloneNoLFS.sh
index 725bb40c..b8333b64 100755
--- a/dist/remote-builder/cloneNoLFS.sh
+++ b/dist/remote-builder/cloneNoLFS.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+apk add git-lfs
+
 repoPathFull=$1
 cloneUrl=$2
 githubSha=$3
@@ -8,9 +10,8 @@ cd $repoPathFull
 
 echo ' '
 echo "Cloning the repository being built:"
-git clone $cloneUrl $githubSha
-
-apk add git-lfs
+git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout $cloneUrl
+git checkout $githubSha
 
 tree
 echo ' '