diff --git a/generators/sha3 b/generators/sha3
index e3ff7593..e27d808c 160000
--- a/generators/sha3
+++ b/generators/sha3
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e3ff75939d7f234a626eea641598e223f83ecb19
+Subproject commit e27d808cf1a637a8f2a80fc5dcde44c3d0a41c5c
diff --git a/scripts/init-submodules-no-riscv-tools.sh b/scripts/init-submodules-no-riscv-tools.sh
index faa78bb6..c61f8b3e 100755
--- a/scripts/init-submodules-no-riscv-tools.sh
+++ b/scripts/init-submodules-no-riscv-tools.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ git config --unset submodule.vlsi/hammer-synopsys-plugins.update
 git config --unset submodule.vlsi/hammer-mentor-plugins.update
 
 git config --unset submodule.generators/sha3.update
+# Shallow clone by default (recursive clone would get linux)
+git submodule update --init generators/sha3
 
 if [ $NO_FIRESIM = false ]; then
   echo "initializing firesim"