diff --git a/snapcraft.yaml b/snapcraft.yaml
index caf366f3..14e9da64 100644
--- a/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -582,9 +582,10 @@ parts:
     after:
       - libseccomp
     source: https://github.com/NVIDIA/libnvidia-container
-    source-type: git
     source-commit: 4c2494f16573b585788a42e9c7bee76ecd48c73d # v1.16.1
-    source-depth: 1
+    # XXX: fails to build if using source-commit and source-depth
+    #source-depth: 1
+    source-type: git
     plugin: make
     build-packages:
       - bmake