diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/8512-as-bool-not.yml b/changelogs/fragments/8512-as-bool-not.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f579c19810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/8512-as-bool-not.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - cmd_runner_fmt module utils - simplify implementation of ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool_not()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8512).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py b/plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py
index 8b4e76ba7c..da4f1b6fc5 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class _Format(object):
 
     @staticmethod
     def as_bool_not(args):
-        return _ArgFormat(lambda value: [] if value else _ensure_list(args), ignore_none=False)
+        return _Format.as_bool([], args, ignore_none=False)
 
     @staticmethod
     def as_optval(arg, ignore_none=None):