diff --git a/src/_macros.rs b/src/_macros.rs
index bec6d8cf1..d36705fda 100644
--- a/src/_macros.rs
+++ b/src/_macros.rs
@@ -380,30 +380,6 @@ macro_rules! handle_metadata_return {
     };
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "provenance")]
-#[cfg_attr(doc_cfg, doc(cfg(feature = "provenance")))]
-macro_rules! provenance_table_add_row {
-    ($(#[$attr:meta])* => $name: ident, $self: ident, $table: expr) => {
-        $(#[$attr])*
-        pub fn $name(&mut $self, record: &str) -> Result<$crate::ProvenanceId, $crate::TskitError> {
-            if record.is_empty() {
-                return Err($crate::TskitError::ValueError{got: "empty string".to_string(), expected: "provenance record".to_string()})
-            }
-            let timestamp = humantime::format_rfc3339(std::time::SystemTime::now()).to_string();
-            let rv = unsafe {
-                $crate::bindings::tsk_provenance_table_add_row(
-                    $table,
-                    timestamp.as_ptr() as *mut i8,
-                    timestamp.len() as tsk_size_t,
-                    record.as_ptr() as *mut i8,
-                    record.len() as tsk_size_t,
-                )
-            };
-            handle_tsk_return_value!(rv, rv.into())
-        }
-    };
-}
-
 macro_rules! raw_metadata_getter_for_tables {
     ($idtype: ty) => {
         fn raw_metadata<I: Into<$idtype>>(&self, row: I) -> Option<&[u8]> {
diff --git a/src/provenance.rs b/src/provenance.rs
index 0035267db..adcec71ff 100644
--- a/src/provenance.rs
+++ b/src/provenance.rs
@@ -297,7 +297,25 @@ impl ProvenanceTable {
         self.table_.clear().map_err(|e| e.into())
     }
 
-    provenance_table_add_row!(=> add_row, self, self.as_mut_ptr());
+    pub fn add_row(&mut self, record: &str) -> Result<crate::ProvenanceId, crate::TskitError> {
+        if record.is_empty() {
+            return Err(crate::TskitError::ValueError {
+                got: "empty string".to_string(),
+                expected: "provenance record".to_string(),
+            });
+        }
+        let timestamp = humantime::format_rfc3339(std::time::SystemTime::now()).to_string();
+        let rv = unsafe {
+            crate::bindings::tsk_provenance_table_add_row(
+                self.as_mut_ptr(),
+                timestamp.as_ptr() as *mut i8,
+                timestamp.len() as tsk_size_t,
+                record.as_ptr() as *mut i8,
+                record.len() as tsk_size_t,
+            )
+        };
+        handle_tsk_return_value!(rv, rv.into())
+    }
 }
 
 impl Default for ProvenanceTable {
diff --git a/src/table_collection.rs b/src/table_collection.rs
index ca8b1d1d1..4268970d9 100644
--- a/src/table_collection.rs
+++ b/src/table_collection.rs
@@ -1031,9 +1031,6 @@ impl TableCollection {
         handle_tsk_return_value!(rv)
     }
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "provenance")]
-    #[cfg_attr(doc_cfg, doc(cfg(feature = "provenance")))]
-    provenance_table_add_row!(
     /// Add provenance record with a time stamp.
     ///
     /// All implementation of this trait provided by `tskit` use
@@ -1050,7 +1047,7 @@ impl TableCollection {
     ///
     /// # Examples
     /// ```
-    /// 
+    ///
     /// let mut tables = tskit::TableCollection::new(1000.).unwrap();
     /// # #[cfg(feature = "provenance")] {
     /// tables.add_provenance(&String::from("Some provenance")).unwrap();
@@ -1082,7 +1079,11 @@ impl TableCollection {
     /// assert_eq!(treeseq.provenances().record(0).unwrap(), row_0.record);
     /// # }
     /// ```
-    => add_provenance, self, &mut (*self.as_mut_ptr()).provenances);
+    #[cfg(feature = "provenance")]
+    #[cfg_attr(doc_cfg, doc(cfg(feature = "provenance")))]
+    pub fn add_provenance(&mut self, record: &str) -> Result<crate::ProvenanceId, TskitError> {
+        self.provenances_mut().add_row(record)
+    }
 
     /// Set the edge table from an [`OwningEdgeTable`](`crate::OwningEdgeTable`)
     ///