diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index be03d06840..e928225a3b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 [submodule "tests/wpt/suite"]
 	path = tests/wpt/suite
 	url = https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt.git
-
+	shallow = true
 [submodule "tests/node_compat/runner/suite"]
 	path = tests/node_compat/runner/suite
 	url = https://github.com/denoland/node_test.git
diff --git a/tools/node_compat/node b/tools/node_compat/node
deleted file mode 160000
index b114fad0ec..0000000000
--- a/tools/node_compat/node
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit b114fad0ec952fddddefc8972c43d2959388bbc1