diff --git a/make/projects-dir.mk b/make/projects-dir.mk
index 41fd8cdb..ec3af27e 100644
--- a/make/projects-dir.mk
+++ b/make/projects-dir.mk
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ else
   CVS_PROJECTS = $(filter $(dir $(wildcard */CVS)),$(PROJECTS))
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(PROJECTS),)
-  export PGIT_CLONE_PROJECTS = $(PROJECTS)
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(JW_BUILD_VERBOSE),true)
   SSH_WRAPPER_TRACE  ?= -x
 endif
@@ -320,6 +316,9 @@ git-status:
 git-pull: $(SSH_WRAPPER_SH)
 	$(PGIT) clone
 
+git-pull-mini: $(SSH_WRAPPER_SH)
+	PGIT_CLONE_PROJECTS="$(patsubst %/.git,%,$(wildcard $(addsuffix /.git,$(shell make -s build-order))))" $(PGIT) clone
+
 git-pull-all: $(SSH_WRAPPER_SH)
 	$(PGIT) pull --all