Denying access to Wordpress xmlrpc.php via .htaccess file

.htaccess

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

# Return 403 error for requests to xmlrpc.php
<Files "xmlrpc.php">
  Order Allow,Deny
  Deny from all
</Files>