diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/496_seboolean-make-it-wrk-with-SELinux-disabled.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/496_seboolean-make-it-wrk-with-SELinux-disabled.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e14cfa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/496_seboolean-make-it-wrk-with-SELinux-disabled.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - seboolean - make it work with disabled SELinux
diff --git a/plugins/modules/seboolean.py b/plugins/modules/seboolean.py
index 0d23073..1e73aef 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/seboolean.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/seboolean.py
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ except ImportError:
     HAVE_SEMANAGE = False
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
-from ansible.module_utils.six import binary_type
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
 from ansible_collections.ansible.posix.plugins.module_utils._respawn import respawn_module, HAS_RESPAWN_UTIL
 
 
@@ -82,23 +81,6 @@ def get_runtime_status(ignore_selinux_state=False):
     return True if ignore_selinux_state is True else selinux.is_selinux_enabled()
 
 
-def has_boolean_value(module, name):
-    bools = []
-    try:
-        rc, bools = selinux.security_get_boolean_names()
-    except OSError:
-        module.fail_json(msg="Failed to get list of boolean names")
-    # work around for selinux who changed its API, see
-    # https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/25651
-    if len(bools) > 0:
-        if isinstance(bools[0], binary_type):
-            name = to_bytes(name)
-    if name in bools:
-        return True
-    else:
-        return False
-
-
 def get_boolean_value(module, name):
     state = 0
     try:
@@ -174,7 +156,10 @@ def semanage_set_boolean_value(module, handle, name, value):
         semanage.semanage_handle_destroy(handle)
         module.fail_json(msg="Failed to modify boolean key with semanage")
 
-    if semanage.semanage_bool_set_active(handle, boolkey, sebool) < 0:
+    if (
+            selinux.is_selinux_enabled()
+            and semanage.semanage_bool_set_active(handle, boolkey, sebool) < 0
+    ):
         semanage.semanage_handle_destroy(handle)
         module.fail_json(msg="Failed to set boolean key active with semanage")
 
@@ -315,12 +300,9 @@ def main():
         # Feature only available in selinux library since 2012.
         name = selinux.selinux_boolean_sub(name)
 
-    if not has_boolean_value(module, name):
-        module.fail_json(msg="SELinux boolean %s does not exist." % name)
-
     if persistent:
         changed = semanage_boolean_value(module, name, state)
-    else:
+    elif selinux.is_selinux_enabled():
         cur_value = get_boolean_value(module, name)
         if cur_value != state:
             changed = True