diff --git a/dist/remote-builder/cloneNoLFS.sh b/dist/remote-builder/cloneNoLFS.sh
index 555808a5..36d603a8 100755
--- a/dist/remote-builder/cloneNoLFS.sh
+++ b/dist/remote-builder/cloneNoLFS.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ cd $repoPathFull
 
 echo ' '
 echo "Cloning the repository being built:"
-git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout $cloneUrl $repoPathFull
+git lfs install --skip-smudge
+git clone $cloneUrl $repoPathFull
 git checkout $githubSha
 echo "Checked out $githubSha"