diff --git a/plumbing/transport/internal/common/common.go b/plumbing/transport/internal/common/common.go
index d0e9a2974..9eb97b93e 100644
--- a/plumbing/transport/internal/common/common.go
+++ b/plumbing/transport/internal/common/common.go
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func (s *session) handleAdvRefDecodeError(err error) error {
 // UploadPack performs a request to the server to fetch a packfile. A reader is
 // returned with the packfile content. The reader must be closed after reading.
 func (s *session) UploadPack(ctx context.Context, req *packp.UploadPackRequest) (*packp.UploadPackResponse, error) {
-	if req.IsEmpty() && len(req.Shallows) == 0 {
+	if req.IsEmpty() {
 		return nil, transport.ErrEmptyUploadPackRequest
 	}
 
diff --git a/remote.go b/remote.go
index db78ae718..6df05e7fc 100644
--- a/remote.go
+++ b/remote.go
@@ -446,13 +446,6 @@ func (r *Remote) fetch(ctx context.Context, o *FetchOptions) (sto storer.Referen
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if !req.Depth.IsZero() {
-		req.Shallows, err = r.s.Shallow()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("existing checkout is not shallow")
-		}
-	}
-
 	req.Wants, err = getWants(r.s, refs)
 	if len(req.Wants) > 0 {
 		req.Haves, err = getHaves(localRefs, remoteRefs, r.s)
@@ -470,13 +463,6 @@ func (r *Remote) fetch(ctx context.Context, o *FetchOptions) (sto storer.Referen
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if !updated {
-		updated, err = depthChanged(req.Shallows, r.s)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error checking depth change: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	if !updated {
 		return remoteRefs, NoErrAlreadyUpToDate
 	}
@@ -484,29 +470,6 @@ func (r *Remote) fetch(ctx context.Context, o *FetchOptions) (sto storer.Referen
 	return remoteRefs, nil
 }
 
-func depthChanged(before []plumbing.Hash, s storage.Storer) (bool, error) {
-	after, err := s.Shallow()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	if len(before) != len(after) {
-		return true, nil
-	}
-
-	bm := make(map[plumbing.Hash]bool, len(before))
-	for _, b := range before {
-		bm[b] = true
-	}
-	for _, a := range after {
-		if _, ok := bm[a]; !ok {
-			return true, nil
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false, nil
-}
-
 func newUploadPackSession(url string, auth transport.AuthMethod, insecure bool, cabundle []byte) (transport.UploadPackSession, error) {
 	c, ep, err := newClient(url, auth, insecure, cabundle)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -983,11 +946,6 @@ func doCalculateRefs(
 }
 
 func getWants(localStorer storage.Storer, refs memory.ReferenceStorage) ([]plumbing.Hash, error) {
-	shallow := false
-	if s, _ := localStorer.Shallow(); len(s) > 0 {
-		shallow = true
-	}
-
 	wants := map[plumbing.Hash]bool{}
 	for _, ref := range refs {
 		hash := ref.Hash()
@@ -996,7 +954,7 @@ func getWants(localStorer storage.Storer, refs memory.ReferenceStorage) ([]plumb
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		if !exists || shallow {
+		if !exists {
 			wants[hash] = true
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/remote_test.go b/remote_test.go
index d0c8fa8e0..b11d850e9 100644
--- a/remote_test.go
+++ b/remote_test.go
@@ -243,32 +243,6 @@ func (s *RemoteSuite) TestFetchWithDepth(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(r.s.(*memory.Storage).Objects, HasLen, 18)
 }
 
-func (s *RemoteSuite) TestFetchWithDepthChange(c *C) {
-	r := NewRemote(memory.NewStorage(), &config.RemoteConfig{
-		URLs: []string{s.GetBasicLocalRepositoryURL()},
-	})
-
-	s.testFetch(c, r, &FetchOptions{
-		Depth: 1,
-		RefSpecs: []config.RefSpec{
-			config.RefSpec("refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master"),
-		},
-	}, []*plumbing.Reference{
-		plumbing.NewReferenceFromStrings("refs/heads/master", "6ecf0ef2c2dffb796033e5a02219af86ec6584e5"),
-	})
-	c.Assert(r.s.(*memory.Storage).Commits, HasLen, 1)
-
-	s.testFetch(c, r, &FetchOptions{
-		Depth: 3,
-		RefSpecs: []config.RefSpec{
-			config.RefSpec("refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master"),
-		},
-	}, []*plumbing.Reference{
-		plumbing.NewReferenceFromStrings("refs/heads/master", "6ecf0ef2c2dffb796033e5a02219af86ec6584e5"),
-	})
-	c.Assert(r.s.(*memory.Storage).Commits, HasLen, 3)
-}
-
 func (s *RemoteSuite) testFetch(c *C, r *Remote, o *FetchOptions, expected []*plumbing.Reference) {
 	err := r.Fetch(o)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)