diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6f187ecb861d984fe7a9b23276290211f837284c..bc4bf78b7b34f7889c210217183b13134c08ad9d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ variables:
   DOCKER_DRIVER: overlay2
   GIT_DEPTH: "3"
   GIT_CHECKOUT: "false"
+  GIT_STRATEGY: "clone"
 
 # Git checkout is disabled to let us handle efficiently the Git-LFS
 before_script: