diff --git a/ibis/expr/types/logical.py b/ibis/expr/types/logical.py
index 3fcc4d745478..a0c289df3bf5 100644
--- a/ibis/expr/types/logical.py
+++ b/ibis/expr/types/logical.py
@@ -229,9 +229,32 @@ def __invert__(self) -> BooleanValue:
         """
         return self.negate()
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def __negate_op__():
-        return ops.Not
+    def negate(self) -> BooleanValue:
+        """Negate a boolean expression.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        BooleanValue
+            A boolean value expression
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> import ibis
+        >>> ibis.options.interactive = True
+        >>> t = ibis.memtable({"values": [True, False, False, None]})
+        >>> t.values.negate()
+        ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
+        ┃ Not(values) ┃
+        ┡━━━━━━━━━━━━━┩
+        │ boolean     │
+        ├─────────────┤
+        │ False       │
+        │ True        │
+        │ True        │
+        │ NULL        │
+        └─────────────┘
+        """
+        return ops.Not(self).to_expr()
 
 
 @public
diff --git a/ibis/expr/types/numeric.py b/ibis/expr/types/numeric.py
index 27802600a480..56d5c2dea178 100644
--- a/ibis/expr/types/numeric.py
+++ b/ibis/expr/types/numeric.py
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@
 
 @public
 class NumericValue(Value):
-    @staticmethod
-    def __negate_op__():
-        # TODO(kszucs): do we need this?
-        return ops.Negate
-
     def negate(self) -> NumericValue:
         """Negate a numeric expression.
 
@@ -48,14 +43,7 @@ def negate(self) -> NumericValue:
         │             -1 │
         └────────────────┘
         """
-        op = self.op()
-        try:
-            result = op.negate()
-        except AttributeError:
-            op_class = self.__negate_op__()
-            result = op_class(self)
-
-        return result.to_expr()
+        return ops.Negate(self).to_expr()
 
     def __neg__(self) -> NumericValue:
         """Negate `self`.
diff --git a/ibis/expr/types/temporal.py b/ibis/expr/types/temporal.py
index c43fe6780c37..120f59b8e548 100644
--- a/ibis/expr/types/temporal.py
+++ b/ibis/expr/types/temporal.py
@@ -939,20 +939,10 @@ def negate(self) -> ir.IntervalValue:
         IntervalValue
             A negated interval value expression
         """
-        op = self.op()
-        if hasattr(op, "negate"):
-            result = op.negate()
-        else:
-            result = ops.Negate(self)
-
-        return result.to_expr()
+        return ops.Negate(self).to_expr()
 
     __neg__ = negate
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def __negate_op__():
-        return ops.Negate
-
 
 @public
 class IntervalScalar(Scalar, IntervalValue):