diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index e7e482e4bc..146d5ce0fc 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -464,6 +464,13 @@ class UnsafeSubversionDownloadStrategy < SubversionDownloadStrategy
 end
 
 class GitDownloadStrategy < VCSDownloadStrategy
+  SHALLOW_CLONE_WHITELIST = [
+    %r{git://},
+    %r{https://github\.com},
+    %r{http://git\.sv\.gnu\.org},
+    %r{http://llvm\.org},
+  ]
+
   def cache_tag; "git" end
 
   def fetch
@@ -515,13 +522,6 @@ class GitDownloadStrategy < VCSDownloadStrategy
     @ref_type != :revision and host_supports_depth?
   end
 
-  SHALLOW_CLONE_WHITELIST = [
-    %r{git://},
-    %r{https://github\.com},
-    %r{http://git\.sv\.gnu\.org},
-    %r{http://llvm\.org},
-  ]
-
   def host_supports_depth?
     SHALLOW_CLONE_WHITELIST.any? { |rx| rx === @url }
   end