Rewrite but still shows index/

Hey, right now I have this in my htaccess to strip .php file extension

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /(.*)\.php\ HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteRule .+ http://www.websiteconsultants.org/%1 [R=301,QSA]

Code (markup):

...although I am having one issue, the index.php file now becomes index...I would like the hp to just be http://www.websiteconsultants.org and not
http://www.websiteconsultants.org/index

I tried to 301 it like this....but it didnt work:
Redirect 301 /index http://www.websiteconsultants.org


How do I remove the /index ?

 

Put the rule before it to redirect index.php and use [L] so it stops processing before the next rule.

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^index\.php$ / [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /(.*)\.php\ HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteRule .+ http://www.websiteconsultants.org/%1 [R=301,QSA]

Code (markup):

 

Thanks by the way, that was helpful. Usually I just 301'd it but it didn't work in this instance. Thanks again for the fix.