diff --git a/openshift/integration/koji/pipelines/templates/mbs-build.Jenkinsfile b/openshift/integration/koji/pipelines/templates/mbs-build.Jenkinsfile
index 010ae8c1..c37e9b43 100644
--- a/openshift/integration/koji/pipelines/templates/mbs-build.Jenkinsfile
+++ b/openshift/integration/koji/pipelines/templates/mbs-build.Jenkinsfile
@@ -56,9 +56,20 @@ pipeline {
       steps {
         script {
           // check out specified branch/commit
+          def srcRef = env.MBS_GIT_REF.startsWith('pull/') ? env.MBS_GIT_REF : "heads/${env.MBS_GIT_REF}"
           checkout([$class: 'GitSCM',
             branches: [[name: params.MBS_GIT_REF]],
-            userRemoteConfigs: [[url: params.MBS_GIT_REPO, refspec: '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pull/*/head']],
+            userRemoteConfigs: [
+              [
+                name: 'origin',
+                url: params.MBS_GIT_REPO,
+                refspec: "+refs/${srcRef}:refs/remotes/origin/${env.MBS_GIT_REF}",
+              ],
+            ],
+            extensions: [
+              [$class: 'CleanBeforeCheckout'],
+              [$class: 'CloneOption', noTags: true, shallow: true, depth: 2, honorRefspec: true],
+            ],
           ])
 
           // get current commit ID
diff --git a/openshift/integration/koji/pipelines/templates/mbs-integration-test.Jenkinsfile b/openshift/integration/koji/pipelines/templates/mbs-integration-test.Jenkinsfile
index 27d8f2c4..3aa0d55e 100644
--- a/openshift/integration/koji/pipelines/templates/mbs-integration-test.Jenkinsfile
+++ b/openshift/integration/koji/pipelines/templates/mbs-integration-test.Jenkinsfile
@@ -55,10 +55,23 @@ pipeline {
           // Don't set ENVIRONMENT_LABEL in the environment block! Otherwise you will get 2 different UUIDs.
           env.ENVIRONMENT_LABEL = "test-${env.TEST_ID}"
 
+          def srcRef = params.MBS_GIT_REF.startsWith('pull/') ? params.MBS_GIT_REF : 'heads/master'
+          def localRef = params.MBS_GIT_REF.startsWith('pull/') ? params.MBS_GIT_REF : 'master'
+          def cloneDepth = params.MBS_GIT_REF.startsWith('pull/') ? 2 : 10
           // check out specified branch/commit
           checkout([$class: 'GitSCM',
             branches: [[name: params.MBS_GIT_REF]],
-            userRemoteConfigs: [[url: params.MBS_GIT_REPO, refspec: '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pull/*/head']],
+            userRemoteConfigs: [
+              [
+                name: 'origin',
+                url: params.MBS_GIT_REPO,
+                refspec: "+refs/${srcRef}:refs/remotes/origin/${localRef}",
+              ],
+            ],
+            extensions: [
+              [$class: 'CleanBeforeCheckout'],
+              [$class: 'CloneOption', noTags: true, shallow: true, depth: cloneDepth, honorRefspec: true],
+            ],
           ])
 
           // get current commit ID
diff --git a/openshift/integration/koji/pipelines/templates/mbs-polling-pagure.yaml b/openshift/integration/koji/pipelines/templates/mbs-polling-pagure.yaml
index 04221b52..27137b58 100644
--- a/openshift/integration/koji/pipelines/templates/mbs-polling-pagure.yaml
+++ b/openshift/integration/koji/pipelines/templates/mbs-polling-pagure.yaml
@@ -150,16 +150,20 @@ objects:
                   script {
                     // checking out the polled branch
                     def polledBranch = env.PAGURE_POLLING_FOR_PR == 'true' ? 'origin/pull/*/head' : "origin/${PAGURE_POLLED_BRANCH}"
+                    def srcRef = env.PAGURE_POLLING_FOR_PR == 'true' ? 'pull/*/head' : "heads/${PAGURE_POLLED_BRANCH}"
                     def scmVars = checkout([$class: 'GitSCM',
                       branches: [[name: polledBranch]],
                       userRemoteConfigs: [
                         [
                           name: 'origin',
                           url: env.GIT_URL,
-                          refspec: '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pull/*/head',
+                          refspec: "+refs/${srcRef}:refs/remotes/${polledBranch}",
                         ],
                       ],
-                      extensions: [[$class: 'CleanBeforeCheckout']],
+                      extensions: [
+                        [$class: 'CleanBeforeCheckout'],
+                        [$class: 'CloneOption', noTags: true, shallow: true, depth: 2, honorRefspec: true],
+                      ],
                     ])
                     env.MBS_GIT_COMMIT = scmVars.GIT_COMMIT
                     // setting build display name
@@ -206,10 +210,13 @@ objects:
                       [
                         name: 'origin',
                         url: env.GIT_URL,
-                        refspec: '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pull/*/head',
+                        refspec: "+refs/heads/${env.MBS_GIT_BRANCH}:refs/remotes/origin/${env.MBS_GIT_BRANCH}",
                       ],
                     ],
-                    extensions: [[$class: 'CleanBeforeCheckout']],
+                    extensions: [
+                      [$class: 'CleanBeforeCheckout'],
+                      [$class: 'CloneOption', noTags: true, shallow: true, depth: 2, honorRefspec: true],
+                    ],
                   ])
                   script {
                     dir('openshift/integration/koji/pipelines') {