diff --git a/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/Makefile.in b/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/Makefile.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 193ade8719dfc..0000000000000
--- a/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/Makefile.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# @configure_input@
-
-SRCS = test_package_c.c test_package_cpp.cpp
-
-OBJS := $(patsubst %.c,%.@OBJEXT@,$(patsubst %.cpp,%.@OBJEXT@,$(SRCS)))
-
-test_package@EXEEXT@: $(OBJS)
-	@CXX@ @CXXFLAGS@ @LDFLAGS@ $^ -o $@
-
-%.@OBJEXT@: %.cpp
-	@CXX@ @CXXFLAGS@ @CPPFLAGS@ -c $< @CC_MINUS_O@ $@
-
-%.@OBJEXT@: %.c
-	@CC@ @CFLAGS@ @CPPFLAGS@ -c $< @CC_MINUS_O@ $@
diff --git a/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/conanfile.py b/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/conanfile.py
index bde84bf328288..bcf9703cc2585 100644
--- a/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/conanfile.py
@@ -1,47 +1,29 @@
-from conans import AutoToolsBuildEnvironment, ConanFile, tools
-from conan.tools.microsoft import is_msvc
-import contextlib
-import os
-import shutil
+from os import environ
 
-required_conan_version = ">=1.45.0"
+from conan import ConanFile
+from conan.tools.build import can_run
+
+required_conan_version = ">=1.50.0"
 
 
 class TestPackageConan(ConanFile):
     settings = "os", "compiler", "build_type", "arch"
-    exports_sources = "configure.ac", "config.h.in", "Makefile.in", "test_package_c.c", "test_package_cpp.cpp",
+    generators = "VirtualBuildEnv"
     test_type = "explicit"
+    win_bash = True
 
     @property
     def _settings_build(self):
         return getattr(self, "settings_build", self.settings)
 
     def build_requirements(self):
-        self.build_requires(self.tested_reference_str)
-        if self._settings_build.os == "Windows" and not tools.get_env("CONAN_BASH_PATH"):
-            self.build_requires("msys2/cci.latest")
-
-    @contextlib.contextmanager
-    def _build_context(self):
-        if is_msvc(self):
-            with tools.vcvars(self):
-                with tools.environment_append({"CC": "cl -nologo", "CXX": "cl -nologo",}):
-                    yield
-        else:
-            yield
+        self.tool_requires(self.tested_reference_str)
+        if self._settings_build.os == "Windows" and not environ.get("CONAN_BASH_PATH"):
+            self.tool_requires("msys2/cci.latest")
 
     def build(self):
-        for src in self.exports_sources:
-            shutil.copy(os.path.join(self.source_folder, src), self.build_folder)
-        self.run("{} --verbose".format(os.environ["AUTOCONF"]),
-                 win_bash=tools.os_info.is_windows, run_environment=True)
-        self.run("{} --help".format(os.path.join(self.build_folder, "configure").replace("\\", "/")),
-                 win_bash=tools.os_info.is_windows, run_environment=True)
-        autotools = AutoToolsBuildEnvironment(self, win_bash=tools.os_info.is_windows)
-        with self._build_context():
-            autotools.configure()
-            autotools.make()
+        pass
 
     def test(self):
-        if not tools.cross_building(self):
-            self.run(os.path.join(".", "test_package"), run_environment=True)
+        if can_run(self):
+            self.run("autoconf --version", run_environment=True, env="conanbuild", win_bash=self.settings.os == "Windows")
diff --git a/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/config.h.in b/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/config.h.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 93f81d1535769..0000000000000
--- a/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/config.h.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/* Name of package */
-#undef PACKAGE
-
-/* Define to the address where bug reports for this package should be sent. */
-#undef PACKAGE_BUGREPORT
-
-/* Define to the full name of this package. */
-#undef PACKAGE_NAME
-
-/* Define to the full name and version of this package. */
-#undef PACKAGE_STRING
-
-/* Define to the one symbol short name of this package. */
-#undef PACKAGE_TARNAME
-
-/* Define to the home page for this package. */
-#undef PACKAGE_URL
-
-/* Define to the version of this package. */
-#undef PACKAGE_VERSION
-
-/* Version number of package */
-#undef VERSION
diff --git a/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/configure.ac b/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/configure.ac
deleted file mode 100644
index ae0a54a83b39b..0000000000000
--- a/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/configure.ac
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# Must init the autoconf setup
-# The first parameter is project name
-# second is version number
-# third is bug report address
-AC_INIT([test_package], [1.0])
-
-# Safety checks in case user overwritten --srcdir
-AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([test_package_c.c])
-
-# Store the auxiliary build tools (e.g., install-sh, config.sub, config.guess)
-# in this dir (build-aux)
-
-AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile)
-AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
-
-AC_PROG_CC
-AC_PROG_CXX
-
-AC_PROG_CC_C_O
-
-AC_MSG_NOTICE("ac_cv_prog_cc_${ac_cc} is $ac_cv_prog_cc_${ac_cc}")
-AS_IF([eval test \$ac_cv_prog_cc_${ac_cc}_c_o = "yes"],
- [AC_SUBST([CC_MINUS_O], ["-o"])],[AC_SUBST([CC_MINUS_O], [""])])
-
-AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/test_package_c.c b/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/test_package_c.c
deleted file mode 100644
index cd3baf25057d7..0000000000000
--- a/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/test_package_c.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#include "config.h"
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-int hello_from_c(void) {
-    printf("Hello world (" PACKAGE_NAME ") from c!\n");
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/test_package_cpp.cpp b/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/test_package_cpp.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index e31a5ee3cfefa..0000000000000
--- a/recipes/autoconf/all/test_package/test_package_cpp.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#include "config.h"
-
-#include <iostream>
-
-extern "C" {
-    int hello_from_c(void);
-}
-
-void hello_from_cxx() {
-    std::cout << "Hello world (" PACKAGE_NAME ") from c++!\n";
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char** argv) {
-    hello_from_cxx();
-    hello_from_c();
-    return 0;
-}