diff --git a/containers/docker/develop-alpine/Dockerfile b/containers/docker/develop-alpine/Dockerfile
index 70aee9f0f1db4823eeecc8f00d096239f06e3299..7f3b7f8c513b73ac2246c76485212b4012a0a35c 100644
--- a/containers/docker/develop-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/docker/develop-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ FROM alpine:3.4
 
 RUN \
   apk add --update go git make gcc musl-dev         && \
-  git clone https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum && \
-  (cd go-ethereum && git checkout develop)          && \
+  git clone --depth 1 --branch develop https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum && \
   (cd go-ethereum && make geth)                     && \
   cp go-ethereum/build/bin/geth /geth               && \
   apk del go git make gcc musl-dev                  && \
diff --git a/containers/docker/master-alpine/Dockerfile b/containers/docker/master-alpine/Dockerfile
index ffccd43e2a98c21302e35b3423804f4eb7082c58..fa529671ef49fdd7163d8f04868eaaf61f27af49 100644
--- a/containers/docker/master-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/docker/master-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM alpine:3.4
 
 RUN \
   apk add --update go git make gcc musl-dev         && \
-  git clone https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum && \
+  git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum && \
   (cd go-ethereum && make geth)                     && \
   cp go-ethereum/build/bin/geth /geth               && \
   apk del go git make gcc musl-dev                  && \