No you can cancel them the sistem will create them again
check /etc/syslog.conf
you should have a log file rotation
/etc/logrotate.conf
google for it like I found this
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/how-to-change-debian-log-rotation-of-syslog-and-daemon.log-410361/
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