diff --git a/recipes/aws-c-http/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/aws-c-http/all/conanfile.py
index 704def9f36c27..2eeace15db28b 100644
--- a/recipes/aws-c-http/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/aws-c-http/all/conanfile.py
@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@
 from conan.tools.cmake import CMake, CMakeDeps, CMakeToolchain, cmake_layout
 import os
 
-required_conan_version = ">=1.47.0"
+required_conan_version = ">=1.53.0"
+
 
 class AwsCHttp(ConanFile):
     name = "aws-c-http"
     description = "C99 implementation of the HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 specifications"
-    license = "Apache-2.0",
+    license = "Apache-2.0"
     url = "https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index"
     homepage = "https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-http"
     topics = ("aws", "amazon", "cloud", "http", "http2", )
+    package_type = "library"
     settings = "os", "arch", "compiler", "build_type"
     options = {
         "shared": [True, False],
@@ -29,18 +31,9 @@ def config_options(self):
 
     def configure(self):
         if self.options.shared:
-            try:
-                del self.options.fPIC
-            except Exception:
-                pass
-        try:
-            del self.settings.compiler.libcxx
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-        try:
-            del self.settings.compiler.cppstd
-        except Exception:
-            pass
+            self.options.rm_safe("fPIC")
+        self.settings.rm_safe("compiler.cppstd")
+        self.settings.rm_safe("compiler.libcxx")
 
     def layout(self):
         cmake_layout(self, src_folder="src")
@@ -54,8 +47,7 @@ def requirements(self):
             self.requires("aws-c-io/0.13.4")
 
     def source(self):
-        get(self, **self.conan_data["sources"][self.version],
-                  destination=self.source_folder, strip_root=True)
+        get(self, **self.conan_data["sources"][self.version], strip_root=True)
 
     def generate(self):
         tc = CMakeToolchain(self)
diff --git a/recipes/aws-c-http/all/test_v1_package/CMakeLists.txt b/recipes/aws-c-http/all/test_v1_package/CMakeLists.txt
index b3195e120b0b2..0d20897301b68 100644
--- a/recipes/aws-c-http/all/test_v1_package/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/recipes/aws-c-http/all/test_v1_package/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
-
-project(test_package C)
+project(test_package)
 
 include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)
 conan_basic_setup(TARGETS)
 
-find_package(aws-c-http REQUIRED CONFIG)
-
-add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ../test_package/test_package.c)
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE AWS::aws-c-http)
+add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../test_package
+                 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_package)