diff --git a/recipes/arm-gnu-toolchain/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/arm-gnu-toolchain/all/conanfile.py
index 9f6eae6ef88d1..eeba121256e8a 100644
--- a/recipes/arm-gnu-toolchain/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/arm-gnu-toolchain/all/conanfile.py
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ def validate(self):
             raise ConanInvalidConfiguration(
                 "The compiler version must be one of the following: "
                 f"{supported_compiler_versions}.")
+
         major_version = str(self.version).split(".")[0]
         major_compiler_settings_version = compiler_version.split(".")[0]
         if major_version != major_compiler_settings_version:
diff --git a/recipes/arm-gnu-toolchain/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt b/recipes/arm-gnu-toolchain/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
index a30567aa91ad9..4e10ff0505de5 100644
--- a/recipes/arm-gnu-toolchain/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/recipes/arm-gnu-toolchain/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 
-# This is a workaround for Conan 1.x
-set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE toolchain.cmake)
-
 project(test_package LANGUAGES CXX)
 
-set(test_package_compiler_flags -mcpu=cortex-m0plus
+# Conan's adds host side flags to the conan_toolchain.cmake file which
+# interferes with arm-none-eabi-g++. To fix this, we set CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS
+# to an empty string, then provide target specific flags to the
+# executable.
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "")
+
+set(compiler_flags
+  -mcpu=cortex-m0plus
   -mfloat-abi=soft
   --specs=nosys.specs
   --specs=nano.specs)
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "")
-message(AUTHOR_WARNING "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS = ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
-
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} main.cpp)
-target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${test_package_compiler_flags})
-target_link_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${test_package_compiler_flags})
+target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${compiler_flags})
+target_link_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${compiler_flags})
diff --git a/recipes/arm-gnu-toolchain/all/test_package/toolchain.cmake b/recipes/arm-gnu-toolchain/all/test_package/toolchain.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index c8ba5b9084150..0000000000000
--- a/recipes/arm-gnu-toolchain/all/test_package/toolchain.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# Append current directory to CMAKE_MODULE_PATH for making device specific
-# cmake modules visible
-list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
-
-# Skip Working compiler test which tends to fail in CMake due to it using build
-# target architecture flags and not host architecture flags.
-set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_WORKS TRUE)
-set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_WORKS TRUE)
-
-# Need to force system to Generic & ARM as leaving this to Conan will result in
-# pollution from host profile settings
-set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Generic)
-set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR arm)
-
-# Target definition
-set(TOOLCHAIN arm-none-eabi)
-
-# Perform compiler test with static library
-set(CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_TARGET_TYPE STATIC_LIBRARY)
-
-# Set toolchain compilers
-set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${TOOLCHAIN}-gcc${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
-set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${TOOLCHAIN}-g++${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
-set(CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER ${TOOLCHAIN}-gcc${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
-set(CMAKE_AR ${TOOLCHAIN}-ar${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
-set(CMAKE_SIZE_UTIL ${TOOLCHAIN}-size${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
-set(CMAKE_OBJDUMP ${TOOLCHAIN}-objdump${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
-set(CMAKE_OBJCOPY ${TOOLCHAIN}-objcopy${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
-set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
-
-set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
-set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
-set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)
-set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PACKAGE ONLY)