diff --git a/cmake/ycm-modules/BuildOpenRAVE.cmake b/cmake/ycm-modules/BuildOpenRAVE.cmake
index 67941c8..c461d1d 100644
--- a/cmake/ycm-modules/BuildOpenRAVE.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ycm-modules/BuildOpenRAVE.cmake
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ ycm_ep_helper(OpenRAVE TYPE GIT
               REPOSITORY rdiankov/openrave.git
               TAG master
               CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS "-DOPENRAVE_PLUGIN_FCLRAVE:BOOL=OFF"
-              # in CMake 3.6+, use: GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
-              # note: does not perform --recursive (CMake 3.5, YCM 0.9)
-              DOWNLOAD_COMMAND git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rdiankov/openrave.git OpenRAVE)
+              GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
+              GIT_PROGRESS TRUE)
diff --git a/cmake/ycm-modules/BuildYARP.cmake b/cmake/ycm-modules/BuildYARP.cmake
index ce925d5..43deccd 100644
--- a/cmake/ycm-modules/BuildYARP.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ycm-modules/BuildYARP.cmake
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ ycm_ep_helper(YARP TYPE GIT
               STYLE GITHUB
               REPOSITORY robotology/yarp.git
               TAG master
-              CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS "-DSKIP_ACE:BOOL=ON")
+              CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS "-DSKIP_ACE:BOOL=ON"
+              GIT_PROGRESS TRUE)