diff --git a/recipes/qscintilla/all/CMakeLists.txt b/recipes/qscintilla/all/CMakeLists.txt
index c8e303b6b1891..9cc2657c4dc08 100644
--- a/recipes/qscintilla/all/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/recipes/qscintilla/all/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,13 +3,8 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 project(QScintilla LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 option(QSCINTILLA_BUILD_DESIGNER_PLUGIN "Build the QScintilla designer plugin" OFF)
-
-if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE)
-    set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-endif()
-if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
-endif()
+option(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE "Generate position-independent code" ON)
+option(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD "C++ standard to use" 11)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 
 find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED)
diff --git a/recipes/qscintilla/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/qscintilla/all/conanfile.py
index 250a75c174b52..2a2996f415a30 100644
--- a/recipes/qscintilla/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/qscintilla/all/conanfile.py
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 from conan import ConanFile
 from conan.errors import ConanInvalidConfiguration
 from conan.tools.apple import is_apple_os
-from conan.tools.build import check_min_cppstd, can_run
+from conan.tools.build import check_min_cppstd
 from conan.tools.cmake import CMake, CMakeDeps, CMakeToolchain, cmake_layout
 from conan.tools.files import apply_conandata_patches, copy, export_conandata_patches, get
 
-required_conan_version = ">=2.0.5"
+required_conan_version = ">=2.0.9"
 
 
 class QScintillaConan(ConanFile):
@@ -27,25 +27,17 @@ class QScintillaConan(ConanFile):
         "shared": False,
         "fPIC": True,
     }
+    implements = ["auto_shared_fpic"]
 
     def export_sources(self):
         export_conandata_patches(self)
         copy(self, "CMakeLists.txt", self.recipe_folder, os.path.join(self.export_sources_folder, "src"))
 
-    def config_options(self):
-        if self.settings.os == "Windows":
-            del self.options.fPIC
-
-    def configure(self):
-        if self.options.shared:
-            self.options.rm_safe("fPIC")
-        self.options["qt"].widgets = True
-
     def layout(self):
         cmake_layout(self, src_folder="src")
 
     def requirements(self):
-        self.requires("qt/[>=6.7.1 <7]", transitive_headers=True, transitive_libs=True, run=can_run(self))
+        self.requires("qt/[>=6.7.1 <7]", transitive_headers=True, transitive_libs=True)
 
     def validate(self):
         check_min_cppstd(self, 11)
@@ -53,11 +45,12 @@ def validate(self):
             raise ConanInvalidConfiguration("QScintilla requires -o qt/*:widgets=True")
 
     def build_requirements(self):
-        if not can_run(self):
-            self.tool_requires("qt/<host_version>")
+        self.tool_requires("cmake/[>=3.27 <4]")
+        self.tool_requires("qt/<host_version>")
 
     def source(self):
         get(self, **self.conan_data["sources"][self.version], strip_root=True)
+        apply_conandata_patches(self)
 
     def generate(self):
         tc = CMakeToolchain(self)
@@ -67,7 +60,6 @@ def generate(self):
         deps.generate()
 
     def build(self):
-        apply_conandata_patches(self)
         cmake = CMake(self)
         cmake.configure()
         cmake.build()
diff --git a/recipes/qscintilla/all/test_package/conanfile.py b/recipes/qscintilla/all/test_package/conanfile.py
index 3a91c9439218e..2e77b4246fa81 100644
--- a/recipes/qscintilla/all/test_package/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/qscintilla/all/test_package/conanfile.py
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 
 class TestPackageConan(ConanFile):
     settings = "os", "arch", "compiler", "build_type"
-    generators = "CMakeDeps", "CMakeToolchain", "VirtualRunEnv"
-    test_type = "explicit"
+    generators = "CMakeDeps", "CMakeToolchain"
 
     def layout(self):
         cmake_layout(self)