diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 18cfdeb..3b0a56a 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ $(call include-once,$(MK_DIR)/emacsd-defs.mk)
 
 GIT_DIRS += emacswiki
 URL-emacswiki := https://github.com/emacsmirror/emacswiki.org.git
-post_init_cmd-emacswiki =\
-  cd $(@D) &&\
-  git config core.sparsecheckout true &&\
+GITCLONE_FLAGS-emacswiki := --no-checkout --config core.sparseCheckout=true --depth 10
+post_clone_cmd-emacswiki :=\
+  cd emacswiki &&\
   echo '!*' > .git/info/sparse-checkout &&\
-  echo '*.el' >> .git/info/sparse-checkout &&\
-  git read-tree -mu HEAD
+  echo '*.el' >> .git/info/sparse-checkout
 
 GIT_DIRS += use-package
 URL-use-package := https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package.git