diff --git a/recipes/verilator/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/verilator/all/conanfile.py
index 2b7b3159c3a25b..b937a6902ee782 100644
--- a/recipes/verilator/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/verilator/all/conanfile.py
@@ -37,17 +37,17 @@ def layout(self):
 
     def requirements(self):
         if self.settings.os == "Windows":
-            self.requires("strawberryperl/5.32.1.1", visible=False)
+            self.requires("strawberryperl/5.32.1.1", run=True)
             if self._needs_old_bison:
                 # don't upgrade to bison 3.7.0 or above, or it fails to build
                 # because of https://github.com/verilator/verilator/pull/2505
-                self.requires("winflexbison/2.5.22", visible=False)
+                self.requires("winflexbison/2.5.22", run=True, visible=False)
             else:
-                self.requires("winflexbison/2.5.25", visible=False)
+                self.requires("winflexbison/2.5.25", run=True, visible=False)
+            if is_msvc(self):
+                self.requires("dirent/1.24", visible=False)
         else:
-            self.requires("flex/2.6.4", visible=False)
-        if is_msvc(self):
-            self.requires("dirent/1.24", visible=False)
+            self.requires("flex/2.6.4", run=True, visible=False)
 
     def package_id(self):
         # Verilator is an executable-only package, so the compiler does not matter
@@ -77,10 +77,7 @@ def build_requirements(self):
             if not self.conf.get("tools.microsoft.bash:path", check_type=str):
                 self.tool_requires("msys2/cci.latest")
             self.tool_requires("automake/1.16.5")
-            self.tool_requires("winflexbison/<host_version>")
-            self.tool_requires("strawberryperl/<host_version>")
         else:
-            self.tool_requires("flex/<host_version>")
             if self._needs_old_bison:
                 # don't upgrade to bison 3.7.0 or above, or it fails to build
                 # because of https://github.com/verilator/verilator/pull/2505
diff --git a/recipes/verilator/all/test_package/conanfile.py b/recipes/verilator/all/test_package/conanfile.py
index 20e459ffb6be17..3410ba49a73ef5 100644
--- a/recipes/verilator/all/test_package/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/verilator/all/test_package/conanfile.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import os
 
-from conan import ConanFile
+from conan import ConanFile, conan_version
 from conan.tools.apple import is_apple_os
 from conan.tools.build import can_run
 from conan.tools.cmake import cmake_layout, CMake, CMakeToolchain
+from conan.tools.files import save, load
 from conan.tools.scm import Version
 
 
@@ -37,17 +38,26 @@ def generate(self):
         tc = CMakeToolchain(self)
         tc.variables["BUILD_SYSTEMC"] = self._with_systemc_example
         tc.generate()
+        save(self, os.path.join(self.build_folder, "verilator_path"),
+             os.path.join(self.dependencies["verilator"].package_folder, "bin", "verilator"))
+
+    @property
+    def _can_build(self):
+        # In Conan v1 the generated verilator-config.cmake tries to incorrectly load flex and fails
+        return conan_version > 2
 
     def build(self):
-        if can_run(self):
+        if can_run(self) and self._can_build:
             cmake = CMake(self)
             cmake.configure()
             cmake.build()
 
     def test(self):
-        if can_run(self):
-            verilator_path = os.path.join(self.dependencies["verilator"].package_folder, "bin", "verilator")
-            self.run(f"perl {verilator_path} --version")
+        if not can_run(self):
+            return
+        verilator_path = load(self, os.path.join(self.build_folder, "verilator_path"))
+        self.run(f"perl {verilator_path} --version")
+        if self._can_build:
             bin_path = os.path.join(self.cpp.build.bindir, "blinky")
             self.run(bin_path, env="conanrun")
             if self._with_systemc_example: