diff --git a/recipes/automake/all/conandata.yml b/recipes/automake/all/conandata.yml
index 058a6cc80e230c..19afbb0666855a 100644
--- a/recipes/automake/all/conandata.yml
+++ b/recipes/automake/all/conandata.yml
@@ -11,27 +11,44 @@ sources:
   "1.16.2":
     url: "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.16.2.tar.gz"
     sha256: "b2f361094b410b4acbf4efba7337bdb786335ca09eb2518635a09fb7319ca5c1"
-  "1.16.1":
-    url: "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.16.1.tar.gz"
-    sha256: "608a97523f97db32f1f5d5615c98ca69326ced2054c9f82e65bade7fc4c9dea8"
 patches:
   "1.16.5":
     - patch_file: "patches/0001-help2man-no-discard-stderr-1.16.5.patch"
+      patch_description: "help2man no discard stderr"
+      patch_type: "portability"
     - patch_file: "patches/0002-no-perl-path-in-shebang-1.16.5.patch"
+      patch_description: "no perl path in shebang"
+      patch_type: "portability"
     - patch_file: "patches/0003-relocatable-automake-1.16.5.patch"
+      patch_description: "relocatable automake"
+      patch_type: "portability"
   "1.16.4":
     - patch_file: "patches/0001-help2man-no-discard-stderr-1.16.4.patch"
+      patch_description: "help2man no discard stderr"
+      patch_type: "portability"
     - patch_file: "patches/0002-no-perl-path-in-shebang-1.16.4.patch"
+      patch_description: "no perl path in shebang"
+      patch_type: "portability"
     - patch_file: "patches/0003-relocatable-automake-1.16.4.patch"
+      patch_description: "relocatable automake"
+      patch_type: "portability"
   "1.16.3":
     - patch_file: "patches/0001-help2man-no-discard-stderr-1.16.3.patch"
+      patch_description: "help2man no discard stderr"
+      patch_type: "portability"
     - patch_file: "patches/0002-no-perl-path-in-shebang-1.16.3.patch"
+      patch_description: "no perl path in shebang"
+      patch_type: "portability"
     - patch_file: "patches/0003-relocatable-automake-1.16.3.patch"
+      patch_description: "relocatable automake"
+      patch_type: "portability"
   "1.16.2":
     - patch_file: "patches/0001-help2man-no-discard-stderr-1.16.2.patch"
+      patch_description: "help2man no discard stderr"
+      patch_type: "portability"
     - patch_file: "patches/0002-no-perl-path-in-shebang-1.16.2.patch"
+      patch_description: "no perl path in shebang"
+      patch_type: "portability"
     - patch_file: "patches/0003-relocatable-automake-1.16.2.patch"
-  "1.16.1":
-    - patch_file: "patches/0001-help2man-no-discard-stderr-1.16.1.patch"
-    - patch_file: "patches/0002-no-perl-path-in-shebang-1.16.1.patch"
-    - patch_file: "patches/0003-relocatable-automake-1.16.1.patch"
+      patch_description: "relocatable automake"
+      patch_type: "portability"
diff --git a/recipes/automake/all/patches/0001-help2man-no-discard-stderr-1.16.1.patch b/recipes/automake/all/patches/0001-help2man-no-discard-stderr-1.16.1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4472414040ceb1..00000000000000
--- a/recipes/automake/all/patches/0001-help2man-no-discard-stderr-1.16.1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
-index c3e934c..b96e108 100644
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ man1_MANS = \
- update_mans = \
-   $(AM_V_GEN): \
-     && $(MKDIR_P) doc \
--    && ./pre-inst-env $(PERL) $(srcdir)/doc/help2man --output=$@
-+    && ./pre-inst-env $(PERL) $(srcdir)/doc/help2man --no-discard-stderr --output=$@
- 
- amhello_sources = \
-   doc/amhello/configure.ac \
diff --git a/recipes/automake/all/patches/0002-no-perl-path-in-shebang-1.16.1.patch b/recipes/automake/all/patches/0002-no-perl-path-in-shebang-1.16.1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 54ba3ebcf4d591..00000000000000
--- a/recipes/automake/all/patches/0002-no-perl-path-in-shebang-1.16.1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
-index b96e108..dd05843 100644
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ PACKAGE_TARNAME = @PACKAGE_TARNAME@
- PACKAGE_URL = @PACKAGE_URL@
- PACKAGE_VERSION = @PACKAGE_VERSION@
- PATH_SEPARATOR = @PATH_SEPARATOR@
--PERL = @PERL@
-+PERL = /usr/bin/env perl
- RELEASE_YEAR = @RELEASE_YEAR@
- SET_MAKE = @SET_MAKE@
- SHELL = @SHELL@
-diff --git a/bin/aclocal.in b/bin/aclocal.in
-index b3715d9..acf4792 100644
---- a/bin/aclocal.in
-+++ b/bin/aclocal.in
-@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
--#!@PERL@ -w
-+#!/usr/bin/env perl
- # -*- perl -*-
- # @configure_input@
- 
--eval 'case $# in 0) exec @PERL@ -S "$0";; *) exec @PERL@ -S "$0" "$@";; esac'
-+eval 'case $# in 0) exec /usr/bin/env perl -S "$0";; *) exec /usr/bin/env perl -S "$0" "$@";; esac'
-     if 0;
- 
- # aclocal - create aclocal.m4 by scanning configure.ac
-diff --git a/bin/automake.in b/bin/automake.in
-index a52a489..0abd5f6 100644
---- a/bin/automake.in
-+++ b/bin/automake.in
-@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
--#!@PERL@ -w
-+#!/usr/bin/env perl
- # -*- perl -*-
- # @configure_input@
- 
--eval 'case $# in 0) exec @PERL@ -S "$0";; *) exec @PERL@ -S "$0" "$@";; esac'
-+eval 'case $# in 0) exec /usr/bin/env perl -S "$0";; *) exec /usr/bin/env perl -S "$0" "$@";; esac'
-     if 0;
- 
- # automake - create Makefile.in from Makefile.am
-diff --git a/t/ax/test-defs.in b/t/ax/test-defs.in
-index 5dc2a61..3f53902 100644
---- a/t/ax/test-defs.in
-+++ b/t/ax/test-defs.in
-@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ SHELL=${AM_TESTSUITE_SHELL-'@SHELL@'}; export SHELL
- # User can override various tools used.  Prefer overriding specific for
- # that automake testsuite, if they are available.
- AWK=${AM_TESTSUITE_AWK-${AWK-'@AWK@'}}
--PERL=${AM_TESTSUITE_PERL-${PERL-'@PERL@'}}
-+PERL=${AM_TESTSUITE_PERL-${PERL-'/usr/bin/env perl'}}
- MAKE=${AM_TESTSUITE_MAKE-${MAKE-'make'}}
- YACC=${AM_TESTSUITE_YACC-${YACC-'@YACC@'}}
- LEX=${AM_TESTSUITE_LEX-${LEX-'@LEX@'}}
diff --git a/recipes/automake/all/patches/0003-relocatable-automake-1.16.1.patch b/recipes/automake/all/patches/0003-relocatable-automake-1.16.1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a302e89e70767a..00000000000000
--- a/recipes/automake/all/patches/0003-relocatable-automake-1.16.1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/bin/aclocal.in b/bin/aclocal.in
-index acf4792..e0b64de 100644
---- a/bin/aclocal.in
-+++ b/bin/aclocal.in
-@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@ eval 'case $# in 0) exec /usr/bin/env perl -S "$0";; *) exec /usr/bin/env perl -
- 
- # Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>, and
- # Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.
-+use Cwd 'abs_path';
-+use File::Basename;
- 
- BEGIN
- {
--  unshift (@INC, '@datadir@/@PACKAGE@-@APIVERSION@')
-+  my $scriptpath = abs_path(dirname(__FILE__));
-+  unshift (@INC, "$scriptpath/../res/@PACKAGE@-@APIVERSION@")
-     unless $ENV{AUTOMAKE_UNINSTALLED};
- }
- 
-@@ -67,9 +70,16 @@ $perl_threads = 0;
- # @system_includes can be augmented with the 'dirlist' file or the
- # ACLOCAL_PATH environment variable, and reset with the '--system-acdir'
- # option.
-+my $scriptpath = abs_path(dirname(__FILE__));
- my @user_includes = ();
--my @automake_includes = ('@datadir@/aclocal-' . $APIVERSION);
--my @system_includes = ('@datadir@/aclocal');
-+my @automake_includes = ("$scriptpath/../res/aclocal-" . $APIVERSION);
-+my @system_includes = ("$scriptpath/../res/aclocal");
-+my @conan_includes;
-+foreach my $conandir (uniq(split(/[:;]/, $ENV{'AUTOMAKE_CONAN_INCLUDES'} || ""))) 
-+{
-+    push (@conan_includes, $conandir) if $conandir ne '' && -d $conandir;
-+    
-+}
- 
- # Whether we should copy M4 file in $user_includes[0].
- my $install = 0;
-@@ -451,6 +461,7 @@ sub scan_m4_files ()
-     }
-   scan_m4_dirs (FT_AUTOMAKE, SCAN_M4_DIRS_ERROR, @automake_includes);
-   scan_m4_dirs (FT_SYSTEM, SCAN_M4_DIRS_ERROR, @system_includes);
-+  scan_m4_dirs (FT_SYSTEM, SCAN_M4_DIRS_ERROR, @conan_includes);
- 
-   # Construct a new function that does the searching.  We use a
-   # function (instead of just evaluating $search in the loop) so that
-@@ -773,7 +784,7 @@ sub trace_used_macros ()
-   # to silence m4_require warnings".
-   my $early_m4_code .= "m4_define([m4_require_silent_probe], [-])";
- 
--  my $traces = ($ENV{AUTOM4TE} || '@am_AUTOM4TE@');
-+  my $traces = ($ENV{AUTOM4TE} || '/usr/bin/env autom4te');
-   $traces .= " --language Autoconf-without-aclocal-m4 ";
-   $traces = "echo '$early_m4_code' | $traces - ";
- 
-diff --git a/bin/automake.in b/bin/automake.in
-index 0abd5f6..055c078 100644
---- a/bin/automake.in
-+++ b/bin/automake.in
-@@ -28,10 +28,13 @@ eval 'case $# in 0) exec /usr/bin/env perl -S "$0";; *) exec /usr/bin/env perl -
- package Automake;
- 
- use strict;
-+use Cwd 'abs_path';
-+use File::Basename;
- 
- BEGIN
- {
--  unshift (@INC, '@datadir@/@PACKAGE@-@APIVERSION@')
-+  my $scriptpath = abs_path(dirname(__FILE__));
-+  unshift (@INC, "$scriptpath/../res/@PACKAGE@-@APIVERSION@")
-     unless $ENV{AUTOMAKE_UNINSTALLED};
- 
-   # Override SHELL.  This is required on DJGPP so that system() uses
-@@ -5246,7 +5249,7 @@ sub scan_autoconf_traces
- 		sinclude => 1,
- 	      );
- 
--  my $traces = ($ENV{AUTOCONF} || '@am_AUTOCONF@') . " ";
-+  my $traces = ($ENV{AUTOCONF} || '/usr/bin/env autoconf') . " ";
- 
-   # Use a separator unlikely to be used, not ':', the default, which
-   # has a precise meaning for AC_CONFIG_FILES and so on.
-diff --git a/lib/Automake/Config.in b/lib/Automake/Config.in
-index 6edac11..3adeed1 100644
---- a/lib/Automake/Config.in
-+++ b/lib/Automake/Config.in
-@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ use strict;
- 
- use 5.006;
- require Exporter;
-+use Cwd 'abs_path';
-+use File::Basename;
- 
- our @ISA = qw (Exporter);
- our @EXPORT = qw ($APIVERSION $PACKAGE $PACKAGE_BUGREPORT $VERSION
-@@ -32,7 +34,8 @@ our $PACKAGE = '@PACKAGE@';
- our $PACKAGE_BUGREPORT = '@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@';
- our $VERSION = '@VERSION@';
- our $RELEASE_YEAR = '@RELEASE_YEAR@';
--our $libdir = $ENV{"AUTOMAKE_LIBDIR"} || '@datadir@/@PACKAGE@-@APIVERSION@';
-+my $scriptpath = abs_path(dirname(__FILE__));
-+our $libdir = $ENV{"AUTOMAKE_LIBDIR"} || "$scriptpath/../../@PACKAGE@-@APIVERSION@";
- 
- our $perl_threads = 0;
- # We need at least this version for CLONE support.
diff --git a/recipes/automake/all/test_package/conanfile.py b/recipes/automake/all/test_package/conanfile.py
index 32063f5e9afe29..a8b0427416846e 100644
--- a/recipes/automake/all/test_package/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/automake/all/test_package/conanfile.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from conan.tools.files import chdir
 from conan.tools.gnu import Autotools, AutotoolsToolchain
 from conan.tools.layout import basic_layout
-from conan.tools.microsoft import is_msvc, unix_path
+from conan.tools.microsoft import unix_path
 
 
 required_conan_version = ">=1.53.0"
diff --git a/recipes/automake/config.yml b/recipes/automake/config.yml
index fd370ec1de9eb7..020d6b55dbfaba 100644
--- a/recipes/automake/config.yml
+++ b/recipes/automake/config.yml
@@ -7,5 +7,3 @@ versions:
     folder: all
   "1.16.2":
     folder: all
-  "1.16.1":
-    folder: all