Empty package to facilitate upgrades, can be safely removed. Really?

[Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>]

# apt-cache show fileutils
Description: The GNU file management utilities (transitional package)
 Empty package to facilitate upgrades, can be safely removed.

# apt-get remove fileutils
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  alsa-modules-2.4.18-k7 fileutils kernel-doc-2.4.18 kernel-doc-2.4.19 kernel-headers-2.4.18
  kernel-headers-2.4.18-k7 kernel-headers-2.4.19-k7 kernel-image-2.4.18-k7
  kernel-image-2.4.19-k7 kernel-pcmcia-modules-2.4.18-k7 kernel-source-2.4.18
After unpacking 183MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

I don't know.  Do I?  It said "safely be removed". Is this safe?