diff --git a/recipes/dnet/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/dnet/all/conanfile.py
index 6996407d640f0..c8d803e208864 100644
--- a/recipes/dnet/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/dnet/all/conanfile.py
@@ -34,16 +34,17 @@ def config_options(self):
             del self.options.fPIC
 
     def configure(self):
-        self.options.rm_safe("fPIC")
-        self.settings.rm_safe("compiler.libcxx")
+        if self.options.shared:
+            self.options.rm_safe("fPIC")
+        # This is a pure C project
         self.settings.rm_safe("compiler.cppstd")
+        self.settings.rm_safe("compiler.libcxx")
 
     def source(self):
         get(self, **self.conan_data["sources"][self.version], strip_root=True)
 
     def generate(self):
         tc = CMakeToolchain(self)
-
         tc.generate()
 
         deps = CMakeDeps(self)
diff --git a/recipes/dnet/all/test_v1_package/CMakeLists.txt b/recipes/dnet/all/test_v1_package/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d20897301b68..0000000000000
--- a/recipes/dnet/all/test_v1_package/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
-project(test_package)
-
-include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)
-conan_basic_setup(TARGETS)
-
-add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../test_package
-                 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_package)
diff --git a/recipes/dnet/all/test_v1_package/conanfile.py b/recipes/dnet/all/test_v1_package/conanfile.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c7e2dc9c61059..0000000000000
--- a/recipes/dnet/all/test_v1_package/conanfile.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-from conans import ConanFile, CMake, tools
-import os
-
-
-class TestPackageConan(ConanFile):
-    settings = "os", "compiler", "build_type", "arch"
-    generators = "cmake", "cmake_find_package_multi"
-
-    def build(self):
-        cmake = CMake(self)
-        cmake.configure()
-        cmake.build()
-
-    def test(self):
-        if not tools.cross_building(self):
-            bin_path = os.path.join("bin", "test_package")
-            self.run("{} {}".format(bin_path, "127.0.0.1"), run_environment=True)